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# The George C. Marshall Foundation

Explore the life and achievements of George C. Marshall - a true American hero. Discover our research library, digital resources, and educational programs.

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## Posts

- ["They Were Americans Before All Else": Col. Marcus Ray and Gen. Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/they-were-americans-before-all-else-col-marcus-ray-and-gen-marshall/) - Marcus Hannan Ray was born in Chicago to Randall and Ada Ray in 1904. Randall was a porter for the railroad, and had moved his family to Chicago shortly before Marcus was born; they had previously lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ray graduated from the University of Illinois and soon after enlisted in the Illinois
- [The Marshall Plan in 10 Minutes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-marshall-plan-in-10-minutes/) - How a 10-minute speech at Harvard launched the largest peacetime recovery program in history. Key facts, primary sources, and documents from our archive.
- ["What Would Marshall Do?"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/what-would-marshall-do/)
- [Spring 2026 Lectures](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/spring-2026-lectures/) - Three WWII talks livestreamed from Lexington, VA. Watch live and join the Q&A online. March 24, April 16, May 19 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
- ["Avoid Trivia"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/avoid-trivia-policy-planning-banks/)
- [Lesson plan](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/lesson-plan/) - Great content Is Marshall the #GOAT_ lesson planDownload
- [Photos from the 2024 Summer Teachers Institute](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/photos-from-the-2024-summer-teachers-institute/)
- [Digitization Shapes the Future](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/digitization-shapes-the-future/)
- [test 1](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/test-1/)
- [Peter Kim's Forgotten Mission](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/peter-kims-forgotten-mission/) - After WWII, George C. Marshall and Marshall Carter fought to honor a Korean-born U.S. soldier whose secret mission helped save thousands in occupied Shanghai.
- [Marshall and the Start of the Great War](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-start-great-war/) - One hundred years ago this week, President Woodrow Wilson delivered a speech in Congress calling for a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4th the Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany. When the declaration passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 373 to 50 on April 6th,
- [Marshall and the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-armistice/) - The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I takes place on November 11th. This blog contains three passages regarding the Armistice. The first is an anecdote from Marshall's book Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918, in which Marshall describes an incident in the officers' mess hall when speculating on the
- [The Battle of Cantigny in the words of Lt. Col. George C. Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-battle-of-cantigny-in-the-words-of-lt-col-george-c-marshall/) - After the United States declared war on the Central Powers April 6, 1917, the first U.S. troops arrived in France at the end of June 1917. Gen. Pershing, American Expeditionary Forces commander, refused to allow American soldiers to be used to fill in shorthanded Allied units, and the French and British were leery of the
- [Marshall's Final Years](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshalls-final-years/)
- [Creating the Women's Army Corps](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/creating-the-womens-army-corps/) - Discover how women’s service in U.S. wars led to the Women’s Army Corps in WWII, a turning point in Army history, from the Marshall Foundation archives.
- [2025 Fall Lectures](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/2025-fall-lectures/)
- [Luck and Resiliency: The Making of Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/luck-and-resiliency-the-making-of-marshall/)
- [George C. Marshall and the Virtue of Duty](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-and-the-virtue-of-duty/) - George C. Marshall’s quiet strength was rooted in duty, restraint, and moral clarity—shaped by tradition and service more than personal ambition.
- [George C. Marshall Papers Online](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-papers-online/) - Explore the Marshall Papers online. Search 27,000+ digitized WWII documents with summaries, searchable PDFs, and links to related records.
- [George C. Marshall and the Strategy Behind D-Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-and-d-day-strategy/) - George Marshall and D-Day strategy: how he led the push for a second front, battled Allied resistance, and laid the groundwork for Operation Overlord’s success.
- [Digitization Unlocks Access](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/digitization-unlocks-access-2/)
- [Digitization Preserves the Past](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/digitization-preserves-the-past/)
- [Digitization Advances Innovation](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/digitization-advances-innovation/)
- [Marshall's Leadership in WWII](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshalls-leadership-in-wwii/)
- [2025 Spring Lectures](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/2025-spring-lectures/)
- [Morale: Marshall's Secret Weapon](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/morale-marshalls-secret-weapon/) - During WWII, General Marshall revolutionized troop morale by reviving troop newspapers, ensuring soldiers stayed informed, engaged & resilient.
- [Sowing Joy: Marshall's Love of Gardening](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/sowing-joy/)
- [Power Lunches of WWII](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/power-lunches-of-wwii/)
- [Marshall Plan Turns 77](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/anniversary-of-the-signing-of-the-marshall-plan/) - With quick strokes of a pen, seventy-seven years ago, President Harry S. Truman changed the course of world history. On April 3, 1948, at his desk in the Oval Office, he signed into law the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, which Congress helpfully suggested could also be referred to as the Economic Cooperation Act of
- [The Katherine Marshall Rose](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/why-is-there-a-rose-named-for-katherine-marshall/) - The Katherine Tupper Marshall Rose, a hybrid tea rose, is named in honor of Mrs. George C. Marshall who was an avid gardener. How this came to be involved a little bit of 'digging,' only to discover that the naming had to do with the war effort during WWII. Patented by Jackson and Perkins
- [Marshall Magazine: Digitization Special](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-digitization-special/)
- [Hunting for History](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/hunting-for-history/) - In October, we received a question from Steven Kinsella about a photo of Generals George Marshall and Henry "Hap" Arnold pheasant hunting. He asked if GCMF staff knew who took it, and raised an intriguing possibility: "I think it may have been my grandfather Rolf Normann or the commander of the Bismarck, ND airbase. My
- [Gratitude and Turkey](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gratitude-and-turkey/) - When Lt. Col. George Marshall served in World War I, he gained a personal knowledge how hard it is to be separated from loved ones for the holidays. In France 1917, soldiers enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast much like they were used to at home: This must have left quite an impression on Marshall, for in
- [Marshall and Pearl Harbor Hearings](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-pearl-harbor-hearings/) - On January 28, 1942, the Roberts Commission, which had been appointed by President Roosevelt to investigate and report the facts relating to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, presented its findings to Congress. Throughout its month-long investigation, the commission interviewed 127 witnesses including Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall who testified before the commission
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award – James C. McConville – 2024](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-james-c-mcconville-2024/) - On November 1, 2024, the George C. Marshall Foundation presented retired General James C. McConville, 40th Chief of Staff of the Army, with the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award.
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award – J. H. Binford Peay, III - 2023](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-j-h-binford-peay-iii-2023/) - On December 1, 2023, the George C. Marshall Foundation presented General J. H. Binford Peay, III, with the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award.
- [George Marshall and Hap Arnold](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-and-hap-arnold/)
- [I deeply regret to confirm ...](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-deeply-regret-to-confirm/) - Today is National POW/MIA day, honoring prisoners of war and those still missing in action. I wore an MIA/POW bracelet for years. The name on my bracelet was Capt. John N. Flanigan, USMC. I only knew the information on the bracelet; that Flanigan was from Florida, and he disappeared Aug. 19, 1969 over North Vietnam.
- [2024 Fall Lectures](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/2024-fall-lectures/)
- [V-J Day and the Japanese Surrender](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/vj-day-and-the-japanese-surrender/) - Several years ago the Marshall Foundation hosted a talk by Dr. Frank Settle that examined the role played by General Marshall in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Settle’s talk, as part of the Weapons of War sequence of the Marshall Legacy Series, built upon his book that sheds new light on the Manhattan Project itself but
- [Five-Star Spotlight: 1st Lt. Darren Pitts](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/five-star-spotlight-1st-lt-darren-pitts/)
- [The 1949 Pabst Blue Ribbon Scandal](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-1949-pabst-blue-ribbon-scandal/)
- [A Searing Light](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-searing-light/) - It was first called the “Laboratory for the Development of Substitute Materials,” then the “Manhattan Engineer District,” after the location of offices in New York City near the Army Corps of Engineers offices. The project was very secret – the small committee running it included Vice President Henry Wallace, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Army
- [Five-Star Spotlight: Jessica Arnold](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/five-star-spotlight-jessica-arnold/)
- [George Marshall, Equestrian](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-equestrian/)
- [Marshall & the Enigma Machine](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-enigma-machine/) - British mathematician, logician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing was a key figure in cracking the code used by Nazi Germany that helped the Allies win World War II. The British-American movie stars Benedict Cumberbatch, as Turing and Keira Knightley, as Joan Clarke, Turing's fiancé and fellow code breaker. The Enigma machine was used to encipher and
- [D-Day on Omaha Beach](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/d-day-on-omaha-beach/)
- [Staff Sergeant Richard Hobbs and D-Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/staff-sergeant-richard-hobbs-and-d-day/)
- [The Death of Lt. Allen Brown](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/allen-brown/)
- [Marshall and Allen Tupper Brown](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-allen-tupper-brown/) - This past Monday our nation celebrated Memorial Day, a national holiday that honors those men and women who have died while in service of our country. One such serviceman was Allen Tupper Brown, the stepson of General George C. Marshall. When Allen was twelve, his mother, Katherine had invited Colonel Marshall to visit them at
- [May 23, 1964, Marshall Research Library Dedication](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/may-23-1964-marshall-research-library-dedication-56th-anniversary-photo-essay/) - The concept of a foundation to preserve General Marshall's papers and his place in history was first suggested by President Truman, one of the General's staunchest admirers. The George C. Marshall Research Foundation was formed in 1953 by a group headed by the late John C. Hagan, Jr., a prominent Virginian and fellow-alumnus of the
- [Marshall and V-E Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-v-e-day/) - This article was originally published in 2015. May marks the 79th Anniversary of V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, which marked the end of six long years of fighting in Europe. As news of Germany’s surrender spread, people throughout Europe and around the world poured out into the streets to celebrate the end of the
- [The 442nd Regimental Combat Team](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-442nd-regimental-combat-team/) - Discover the historic letter from Gen. Herron to Gen. Marshall about the Japanese-Americans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
- [Five-Star Spotlight: Cadet Mark Shelton II](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/five-star-spotlight-cadet-mark-shelton-ii/)
- [Five-Star Spotlight: Amy Butler Greenfield](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/five-star-spotlight-amy-butler-greenfield/) - In this installment, we chat with writer Amy Butler Greenfield about her work with the Elizebeth Smith Friedman collection at the Marshall Foundation archive.
- [Marshall Magazine - Summer 2019](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-summer-2019/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Fall/Winter 2023](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-fall-winter-2023/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Spring/Summer 2023](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-spring-summer-2023-2/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Winter 2023](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-winter-2023/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Summer 2022](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-summer-2022/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Winter 2021](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-winter-2021/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Winter 2020](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-winter-2020/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Summer 2020](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-summer-2020/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Winter 2019](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-winter-2019/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Spring 2018](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-spring-2018/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Fall 2017](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-fall-2017/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Spring 2017](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-spring-2017/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Fall 2016](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-fall-2016/)
- [Marshall Magazine - Fall 2015](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-magazine-fall-2015/)
- [Annual Report of the George C. Marshall Foundation 2023](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/annual-report-of-the-george-c-marshall-foundation-2023/)
- [Spring at Dodona Manor](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/spring-at-dodona-manor/) - In the words of Robin Williams, “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” At General and Mrs. Marshall’s Leesburg home, Dodona Manor, spring has brought 80 parties since the couple purchased the property in 1941. As an avid gardener and amateur arborist, George Marshall loved nothing more than to escape the trials of public
- [The Amateur Gardener](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-amateur-gardener/)
- [Elizebeth Who?](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/elizebeth-who/) - She wrote the book on code breaking for the U.S. Army, and taught the first cryptography classes to soldiers in WWI. In three months, she decrypted two years of backlogged Coast Guard messages, using only a pencil and paper. She was the only woman employed by the Coast Guard at the time. She served
- [Marshall Moments March 2024](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-moments-march-2024/)
- ["Oppenheimer" Star Comes to Lexington](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/oppenheimer-star-comes-to-lexington/)
- [Lily Coles and the X-Ray](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/lily-coles-and-the-x-ray/)
- [Oh, Fleet!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/oh-fleet/) - George Marshall loved dogs. He had several as a boy, and usually had one around as an adult. This is the story of Fleet the dalmatian, George Marshall's dog at the beginning of World War II. Fleet was a gift from Secretary of State Edward Stettinius. Fleet was grandson of a champion; he learned to
- [The Combined Chiefs of Staff](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-combined-chiefs-of-staff/)
- [Col. Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/col-oveta-culp-hobby-and-the-womens-army-corps/)
- [Photos from the 2023 Andrew J. Goodpaster Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/photos-from-the-2023-andrew-j-goodpaster-award/)
- [Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/henry-kissinger-1923-2023/)
- [Marshall and the Nobel Prize for Peace](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-nobel-prize-for-peace/)
- [Marshall and The Tehran Conference](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-tehran-conference/) - Note: This article was originally published November 3, 2017. The Tehran Conference, codenamed EUREKA and held November 28-December 1, 1943, was a top-secret meeting of the “Big Three”- British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin. This was the first time the three met to negotiate military and
- [Marshall and the Distinguished Service Medal](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-distinguished-service-medal/) - After serving as chief of staff of the United States Army since World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, General George C. Marshall resigned from his position on November 18, 1945. Several days later Marshall agreed to attend a ceremony where he would receive an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service
- [So You Want to Retire ...](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/so-you-want-to-retire/) - After serving 43 years in the U.S. Army, Gen. George Marshall planned to retire. He and his wife, Katherine, would spend warm months at their home in Leesburg, VA, and cool months at their home in Pinehurst, NC. Marshall's days would be occupied gardening, fishing, riding, and spending uninterrupted time with Katherine. After the ceremony
- [Secretary George Marshall's "Outstanding Expert"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/secretary-george-marshalls-outstanding-expert/)
- [The 2023 George C. Marshall Foundation Teachers Institute](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/2023-george-c-marshall-teachers-institute/)
- [Gen. George Marshall's Pentagon Desk](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gen-george-marshalls-pentagon-desk/)
- [Marshall and the "Why We Fight" Films](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-why-we-fight-films/) - This blog was originally published on November 28, 2014. On May 27, 1942, the first of seven documentary films, Prelude to War, was released. This documentary series, Why We Fight, was commissioned by the United States Army. In a letter to President Roosevelt, General Marshall states the films would "replace the series of lectures given
- [WWI in France: L'Armee Americaine](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/wwi-in-france-larmee-americaine/) - Uncover the intriguing origins of L'Armee Americaine, a captivating book showcasing portraits of WWI soldiers, including General Pershing.
- [The Manhattan Project](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-manhattan-project/)
- [Marshall and Eisenhower](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-eisenhower/) - On the morning of June 18, 1945, General George C. Marshall, waited with Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower at National Airport in Washington, D.C., for the arrival of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The purpose of the visit was to give General Eisenhower a proper homecoming, complete with parades and other celebrations, to recognize his remarkable efforts in
- ["I Was a Fair Army Wife"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-was-a-fair-army-wife/) - Katherine Tupper Brown Marshall, George Marshall’s second wife, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, on October 8, 1882. She earned an “eclectic degree” from Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1902. “I crawled through Hollins,” she later said. “I didn’t care about anything but going to the theatre.” She continued her studies at the American
- [Katherine Marshall's Book, "Together"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/katherine-marshalls-book-together/)
- ["Nation Mourns Top Soldier"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/nation-mourns-top-soldier/) - On the 64th anniversary of Gen. George C. Marshall's death, we honor his memory with this wonderful blog written several years ago by former museum curator Cathy DeSilvey. George C. Marshall Mourned Throughout the Free World Marshall had planned the state funerals of General John Pershing and President Franklin Roosevelt and could not imagine all
- [Marshall and the Civilian Conservation Corps](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-civilian-conservation-corps/) - Discover how General George C. Marshall transformed young men's lives through the CCC camps, leaving a lasting impact on conservation and resource development.
- [Marshall at VMI](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-at-vmi/) - Learn how George C. Marshall's time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) shaped his military career and leadership skills.
- [George and Lily Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-and-lily-marshall/) - Learn about the courtship and marriage of George Marshall and Elizabeth Coles, including the challenges they faced as a military couple and time in China.
- [How to Follow the Life and Travels of General George C. Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-life-and-travels-of-general-george-c-marshall/) - An interactive map tracking over 130 events in the life and career of George C. Marshall is now available on the George c. Marshall website. Developed and compiled by Dr. Frank M. Settle, professor emeritus of chemistry at Washington & Lee University and author of General George C. Marshall and the Atomic Bomb, the map
- [Marshall and the Invasion of Poland](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-invasion-poland/) - This article originally appeared on September 1, 2017. September 1 marks the anniversary of the German invasion of Poland, the act responsible for starting World War II. That same day in 1939, George C. Marshall became the chief of staff of the United States Army; a position he would hold for the duration of the war
- ["Trip": Marshall's Short-Haired Terrier](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/trip-marshalls-short-haired-terrier/)
- [Marshall and Football](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-football/) - This article was originally published in 2017. Many of today's Keydet football fans may be surprised to learn that VMI's most famous graduate has a connection to the football team, having played on it during his final two years at VMI. George C. Marshall, having fulfilled a promise to his mother to not participate in
- [Gratitude and Goodwill: The Story of Gen. Marshall's Norwegian Elkhound](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gratitude-and-goodwill-the-story-of-gen-marshalls-norwegian-elkhound/) - Learn about Nato, the Norwegian elkhound gifted to George Marshall as a gesture of gratitude for his advocacy for European recovery through the Marshall Plan.
- [Gen. George C. Marshall, Dog Sitter](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gen-george-c-marshall-dog-sitter/)
- [General Marshall in the Movies](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/general-marshall-in-the-movies/)
- [The Marshall Foundation Talks "Oppenheimer"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-marshall-foundation-talks-oppenheimer/)
- [Marshall, Groves, and the Atomic Bomb](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-groves-and-the-atomic-bomb/)
- [Gen. Marshall and Gen. Groves, August 1945](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gen-marshall-and-gen-groves-august-1945/)
- [The Home of George and Katherine Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-home-of-george-and-katherine-marshall/)
- [On the Steps](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/on-the-steps/)
- [Now Available: Feathered Messengers: Homing Pigeons of the American Expeditionary Forces](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/now-available-feathered-messengers-homing-pigeons-of-the-american-expeditionary-forces/)
- [Legacy Lecture: Feathered Messengers: Homing Pigeons of the American Expeditionary Forces](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/legacy-lecture-feathered-messengers-homing-pigeons-of-the-american-expeditionary-forces/)
- [The National D-Day Memorial](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-national-d-day-memorial/)
- [D-Day +6](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/d-day-6/) - Gen. George C. Marshall and other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff left Washington, D.C., just after D-Day on June 8, 1944, traveling to the United Kingdom, to be absent about two weeks. In England, they met with the Combined Chiefs of Staff (the American Joint Chiefs and the British military chiefs) June 10
- [D-Day for Staff Sgt. Richard H. Hobbs](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/d-day-for-staff-sgt-richard-h-hobbs/) - My father, Richard H. Hobbs, joined the Washington, D.C. National Guard as a military policeman in 1938, when he was 21. When the 29th Infantry Division (the same National Guard Division in Virginia today) was federalized in February 1941, he was sent to Fort Meade and trained to drive a 2.5 ton GMC truck. In
- [May 15, 1951, Marshall Day at VMI: A Photo Essay](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/may-15-1951-marshall-day-at-vmi-a-photo-essay/) - Each May 15, the Virginia Military Institute corps of cadets assembles to pay tribute to the ten cadets who were killed in the Civil War Battle of New Market, in 1864. On New Market Day in 1951, VMI also celebrated the fifty-year career of their most accomplished graduate, George C. Marshall, Class of 1901.
- [George Marshall and Queen Elizabeth II, on Her 70th Anniversary as Queen](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-and-queen-elizabeth-ii-on-her-70th-anniversary-as-queen/)
- [Continuing the Digitization of the George C. Marshall Papers](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/continuing-the-digitization-of-the-george-c-marshall-papers/)
- [Legacy Lecture - The Untold Story of Anna Rosenberg](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/live-legacy-lecture-the-untold-story-of-anna-rosenberg/)
- [Marshall and the Knutsford Affair](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-knutsford-affair-2/) - This is a previously published blog. At the opening of a British Welcome Club for American soldiers in Knutsford, England, on April 25, 1944, Gen. George Patton's comments are among many well-known and controversial episodes from his Army career. U.S. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall’s response to Patton’s comments are less well known,
- [George Marshall as Student and Teacher](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-as-student-and-teacher/)
- [The Creation of the Marshall Plan](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-creation-of-the-marshall-plan/)
- [George C. Marshall Foundation 2022 Annual Report](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-foundation-2022-annual-report/)
- [Tendering the Thanks of Congress to George C. Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/tendering-the-thanks-of-congress-to-george-c-marshall/)
- [Gen. George Marshall's Map Table](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gen-george-marshalls-map-table/)
- [The Negotiations in Moscow will be Extremely Difficult](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-negotiations-in-moscow-will-be-extremely-difficult/)
- [Live Legacy Lecture: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/live-legacy-lecture-the-girls-who-stepped-out-of-line/)
- ["The Very Highest Opinion of the Late General Marshall"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-very-highest-opinion-of-the-late-general-marshall/)
- [The Four Freedoms Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-four-freedoms-award/)
- [George C. Marshall Foundation Honors Condoleezza Rice and Kenneth Griffin](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-foundation-honors-condolleeza-rice-and-kenneth-griffin/)
- [George Marshall's First Garden](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshalls-first-garden/)
- [Marshall & Romance](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-romance/) - This weekend many people will celebrate the sentimental holiday of Valentine’s Day. Sentimental isn’t a word that is often used to describe George C. Marshall, but glimpses of his romantic side appear in correspondence with his first wife, Elizabeth “Lily” Carter Coles. According to Marshall's sister, Marie Louise Singer, George didn’t have many girls before
- [Monuments to a Great Leader Servant](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/monuments-to-a-great-leader-servant/)
- ["Always serving to the best of his ability"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/always-serving-to-the-best-of-his-ability/)
- [Digitizing the Marshall Foundation Archives](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/digitizing-the-marshall-foundation-archives/)
- [Men and Women Behind Secretary of State George Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/men-and-women-behind-secretary-of-state-george-marshall/)
- [Breaches of Security](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/breaches-of-security/)
- [Marshall and the Plan: Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-plan-testimony-senate-committee-foreign-relations/) - This article was originally posted January 12, 2018. On January 8, 1948, Secretary of State George C. Marshall was the first of over 90 witnesses who would testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in what would ultimately develop into one of the most comprehensive public hearings undertaken on a foreign policy question up
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Humanitarian Award - Michael R. Bloomberg - 2017](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-humanitarian-award-michael-r-bloomberg-2017/) - Michael Bloomberg received the award at a black-tie gala on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. Mayor Bloomberg was recognized for his extraordinary philanthropy and the effects of his generosity on the lives of countless individuals and numerous organizations that have benefited from his largess.
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Humanitarian Award - David Rubenstein - 2019](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-humanitarian-award-david-rubenstein-2019/) - Mr. Rubenstein received the award at a black-tie gala held on November 11, 2019, at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Mr. Rubenstein was recognized for his philanthropic support of educational initiatives in the D.C. public schools, at Duke University, and at other institutions of higher learning, as well
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Helmut Kohl - 1997](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-helmut-kohl-1997/) - The first recipient of the Award was Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, who received the Award on June 5, 1997, at a Gala Dinner celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Marshall Plan Speech in Washington, D.C.
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - George Herbert Walker Bush - 2002](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-george-herbert-walker-bush-2002/) - President George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States, received the distinguished George C. Marshall Foundation Award at a gala dinner in New York City on March 8, 2002. It was the third such award the foundation has presented. “We are pleased to honor President Bush for his efforts to open a global
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Colin Powell - 2003](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-colin-powell-2003/) - On November 12, 2003, David Rockefeller presented Secretary of State Colin Powell with the George C. Marshall Foundation award at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Powell rose through the ranks in the U.S. Army in a military career spanning 35 years before becoming Secretary of State with the Bush administration. In many ways,
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Robert M. Gates - 2009](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-robert-m-gates-2009/) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates received the Marshall Foundation Award on October 16, 2009 at a luncheon at the U.S. Department of State to mark the 60th anniversary of George Marshall’s death. Secretary Gates said, “There were no holidays from history for Marshall.” Gates was recognized for his 43 years of selfless public
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Frederick W. Smith - 2010](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-frederick-w-smith-2010/) - FedEx chairman, president and CEO Frederick W. Smith received the Marshall Foundation Award for his success in building a company that has changed business around the world and for the generous use of FedEx resources to provide humanitarian assistance to countries and regions in need. The award was presented during a luncheon at American Red
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Hillary Rodham Clinton - 2011](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-hillary-rodham-clinton-2011/) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received the Marshall Foundation Award on June 2 at a gala dinner in Washington for her support of the U.S. military and its soldiers, families and veterans, for her passionate advocacy on behalf of women and children whose voices are not being heard, and for her relentless devotion
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Henry Kissinger - 2017](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-henry-kissinger-2017/) - Henry Kissinger received the Marshall Foundation Award on June 7 at a gala dinner on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. Dr. Kissinger was recognized for a lifetime dedicated to supporting free enterprise and democracy throughout the globe and for his skilled statesmanship in solving tough problems.
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Madeleine Albright - 2019](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-madeleine-albright-2019/) - Madeleine Albright received the Marshall Foundation Award on November 11, 2019, at a gala dinner at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Dr. Albright was recognized for her career of distinguished public service in the tradition of George C. Marshall, for her dignity and integrity, for her devotion to
- [Legacy Lecture: The Christmas Truce](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/legacy-lecture-the-christmas-truce/)
- [Letters to Frank McCarthy](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/letters-to-frank-mccarthy/)
- [Happy birthday, General Marshall!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/happy-birthday-general-marshall/) - George Marshall served as Army Chief of Staff, Special Representative of the President to China, Secretary of State, President of the American Red Cross, and Secretary of Defense, and these public jobs meant he didn’t often get to celebrate his birthday on Dec. 31 at home with his family. In 1925, Lt. Col.
- [The First Wartime Christmas](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-first-wartime-christmas/) - The third week of December, 1941, a British delegation including Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff arrived in Washington, D.C. for ARCADIA, the first of several meetings in the nation's capitol, and the last of several conferences attended by the British and American delegations that year. Gen. Marshall suggested to Katherine
- [Remembering Pearl Harbor](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/remembering-pearl-harbor/) - This was the first blog I wrote for the George C. Marshall Foundation. I found Chaplain Arnold's letter in his collection and wondered what the rest of the story was, so I did some research, as librarians will. The long wait of the Hannon family touched my heart, and I want to share it again
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - Condoleezza Rice - 2022](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-condoleezza-rice-2022/) - In 2022, 66th Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was honored for her devotion to the institutions of individual liberty, private enterprise, and democracy, which enable human beings to prosper, and promoting the economic development and political freedom that allow these institutions to flourish.
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Humanitarian Award - Kenneth C. Griffin - 2022](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-humanitarian-award-kenneth-c-griffin-2022/) - Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder and CEO of Citadel, was recognized in 2022 for his remarkable record of philanthropic support of education at every level, medical research, crime reduction, support of the veteran community, and the preservation of our national patrimony.
- [Faithfully Yours, G.C. Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/faithfully-yours-g-c-marshall/)
- [The Armistice Has Been Signed](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-armistice-has-been-signed/) - Armistice Day. From the Latin arma (weapons) and sistere (to come to a stand or stop). The eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour. It was the end of the War to End All Wars. How did soldiers react to the news that the long, terrible fight was over? Col. George Marshall,
- [The Pennsylvanian: George C. Marshall and VMI](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-pennsylvanian-george-c-marshall-and-vmi/)
- [Marshall and the Birth of Modern American Battle](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-birth-of-modern-american-battle/)
- [Against All Odds with Alex Kershaw](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/against-all-odds-with-alex-kershaw/)
- [Frank McCarthy: The General Who Won an Oscar](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/frank-mccarthy-the-general-who-won-an-oscar/)
- ["An Army on Alert": The Cold War Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-55](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/an-army-on-alert-the-cold-war-army-in-occupied-germany-1945-55/)
- [Code Name Arcadia: The First Wartime Conference of Churchill and Roosevelt](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/code-name-arcadia-the-first-wartime-conference-of-churchill-and-roosevelt/)
- [Digitizing The George C. Marshall Papers](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-papers/)
- [Changing of the Seasons](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/changing-of-the-seasons/)
- [Music in the Atomic Age: A Conversation with Frank Settle](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/music-in-the-atomic-age-a-conversation-with-frank-settle/)
- [Army Air Forces Photographers](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/army-air-forces-photographers/)
- [The Mentorship of Gen. John Pershing to Capt. George Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-mentorship-of-gen-john-pershing-to-capt-george-marshall/)
- [The Doolittle Raid and Justice for Axis War Crimes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-doolittle-raid-and-justice-for-axis-war-crimes/)
- ["Learn How to Fight as a Team" Writes Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/learn-how-to-fight-as-a-team-writes-marshall/)
- [Elizabeth II's Letter to Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/elizabeths-letter-to-marshall/)
- [George Marshall's Interviews with Biographer Dr. Forrest Pogue](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshalls-interviews-with-biographer-dr-forrest-pogue/)
- ["Do you, George Catlett Marshall, having been appointed a major general in the Regular Army ..."](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/do-you-george-catlett-marshall-having-been-appointed-a-major-general-in-the-regular-army/) - On September 1, 1939, Maj. Gen. George Catlett Marshall took the oath of office to become the 15th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and was appointed a four-star general for the duration of his four-year term. So what's different about this photo? To compare, here are two recent Chiefs of Staff at
- [Marshall and Secretary of Defense](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-secretary-defense/) - By: Wayne C. Thompson On September 21, 1950, George C. Marshall, who had been happily retired from national service since stepping down as secretary of state in January 1949, became America’s third secretary of defense. The post and department had been created by the National Security Act three years earlier. The young department was the
- [Three Scotches Aboard at Amherst](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/three-scotches-aboard-at-amherst/) - Before George Marshall settled on Harvard University as the venue for his speech about the European Recovery Program, he had considered Amherst College but rejected the idea because its June 16, 1947, commencement date was too late. However, John J. McCloy, an Amherst alumnus, pressured Marshall to accept an honorary degree from Amherst. McCloy was
- [No more let us falter! From Malta to Yalta!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/no-more-let-us-falter-from-malta-to-yalta/) - "No more let us falter! From Malta to Yalta!" telegraphed Prime Minister Winston Churchill to President Roosevelt on New Year's Day, 1945. The Yalta Conference, set for February 4 through 11, was going to decide the fate of Postwar Europe. But first, the British and American delegations were meeting at Montgomery House on the Mediterranean
- [Bem vindos o Brasil! Welcome to Brazil!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/bem-vindos-o-brasil-welcome-to-brazil/) - On May 25, 1939, the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Nashville docked at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Acting Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. George Marshall began his first trip on the world stage. The planning for the trip was detailed, and included ordering the white uniforms worn in the tropics. While at March Air Base, CA,
- [Infantry School: "An almost complete revamping of the instruction and technique"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/infantry-school-an-almost-complete-revamping-of-the-instruction-and-technique/) - Lt. Col. George Marshall had just taken a position teaching at Army War College in Washington, D.C., when his wife, Lily, passed away unexpectedly. Marshall was devastated and unhappy. “At a War College desk I thought I would explode,” he wrote to Leavenworth friend Stephen Fuqua. Realizing that Marshall’s despondency was in part connected to
- ["The hardest work I ever did in my life."](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-hardest-work-i-ever-did-in-my-life/) - The Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS, is the graduate school for U.S. Army officers primarily. It was established in 1881 by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman as the School for Application of Infantry and Cavalry. It was renamed the School of the Line just as Lt. George Marshall was assigned there in
- [Serving in the Philippines Part 1: Getting There](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/serving-in-the-philippines-part-1/) - Serving in the Philippines Part 1: Getting There Upon commission in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant in 1902, George Marshall’s first station was on the island of Mindoro, in the Philippines, with Company G of the 30th Infantry. On March 17, 1902, Marshall traveled by train from New York to San Francisco, and
- ["Well Qualified to Be an Officer"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/well-qualified-to-be-and-officer/)
- [The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-nobel-peace-prize-lecture/)
- [Gen. Marshall Never Cared to Pose](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gen-marshall-never-cared-to-pose/)
- [Marshall in Uniontown](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-in-uniontown/)
- [Pilot James Stewart and the B-24](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/pilot-james-stewart/)
- [The Friedman's Gift to the Marshall Foundation](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-friedmans-gift-to-the-marshall-foundation/)
- [A New Documentary About Elizebeth Friedman](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-new-documentary-about-elizebeth-friedman/)
- [The Conference at Potsdam](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-conference-at-potsdam/)
- [Serving in the Philippines Part 2: Other duties as assigned](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/serving-in-the-philippines-part-2-other-duties-as-assigned/) - Serving in the Philippines Part 2: Other Duties as Assigned While Marshall must have been glad to be on land after over a month of traveling, Mindoro was not an island paradise, but “was in fact a forbidding place, an island of about four thousand square miles of mountains and jungle. The towns, such as
- [Young Marshall: Master of the Situation](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/young-marshall-master-of-situation/) - Several innocent anecdotes Marshall used to tell about his childhood demonstrate his future leadership capabilities. A favorite concerns Marshall’s first "shipping" crisis in about 1888 or so, about the time the U.S. was beginning its great naval expansion. Young George and Andrew Thompson had convinced a local carpenter to build them a crude
- [George Marshall and Winston Churchill](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-and-winston-churchill/)
- [I Made My Life Occupation That of a Soldier](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-made-my-life-occupation-that-of-a-soldier/)
- [Great Things Had Their Beginnings Here](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/great-things-had-their-beginnings-here/) - Fort Necessity, Virginia, July 3, 1754. It was early days of the British colonists' participation in the global Seven Years' War, and Col. George Washington, believing his small force could not defeat the French and their allies surrounding the fort, accepted surrender terms that allowed for a safe retreat from the area. Another George was
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award – David L. Goldfein – 2021](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-david-l-goldfein-2021/) - Retired General David Goldfein received the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award during a gala dinner at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia, on December 8, 2021. General Goldfein, 21st Chief of Staff of the Air Force, was honored for his distinguished career and many contributions to the nation's military.
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- [Seeing Stars](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/seeing-stars/) - Gens. Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall at the Algeria Conference There’s an issue with this photo. Do you see it? Hint: Look at their uniform collars. "Uniform" means everything should be worn the same, which isn't happening in this photo. Most generals wear stars on both collar points. Sometimes, Gen. Marshall wore his
- [No mail, low morale](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/no-mail-low-morale/)
- ["A Nice Cottage at Pinehurst, Comfortably Furnished..."](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-nice-cottage-at-pinehurst-comfortably-furnished/)
- [The 75th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan Speech](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-75th-anniversary-of-the-marshall-plan-speech/)
- ["Sealed Envelope" Communications](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/sealed-envelope-communications/)
- [Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/good-morning-ladies-and-gentlemen/)
- [A Tip of the Hat](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-tip-of-the-hat/)
- [Dr. Mark T. Esper Honored in Uniontown's Marshall Memorial Park](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/dr-mark-t-esper-honored-in-uniontowns-marshall-memorial-park/)
- [Dear Madge; Always a Member of the Marshall Family](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/dear-madge-always-a-member-of-the-marshall-family/)
- [Friedman Christmas Cards: Finding the Message](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/friedman-christmas-cards-finding-the-message/)
- [A Modern Haus for Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-modern-haus-for-marshall/)
- ["I Made a Wise Decision in Selecting China"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-made-a-wise-decision-in-selecting-china/)
- [Marshall and the “Game of the Century”](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-game-of-the-century/) - George Marshall’s fondness for the all-American game of football is no secret. He successfully joined the Virginia Military Institute’s Keydet football team in 1900, playing as an offensive left tackle. In fact, his skills so were adept that he won a spot on the College Football All-Southern Team, an all-star team of college football players.
- [Christmas 1941 at Camp Lee, Virginia](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/christmas-1941-at-camp-lee-virginia/)
- [Uncle Sam or Uncle ... George](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/uncle-sam-or-uncle-george/)
- [FedEx Founder Fred Smith on General Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/fedex-founder/)
- [Introducing the New MarshallFoundation.org](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/introducing-the-new-marshallfoundation-org/) - The Marshall Foundation is excited to present its newly-redesigned website. Drawing from feedback from students, researchers, and supporters from across the country, this project was envisioned with ease of use and access in mind. Users will discover our latest articles and videos directly on the homepage Content is easier than ever to find with our
- [Marshall, the Women's Army Corps, and Three WACS from Virginia](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/three-wacs/)
- [Gen. Colin Powell: 1937-2021](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/gen-colin-powell-1937-2021/) - General Colin G. Powell passed away on October 18, 2021, at 84. Gen. Powell was the first African-American person to hold the positions of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State. Like Marshall, he was well-respected across the political spectrum and was noted for his reluctance to foster political ambitions. A
- [George Marshall, Commuter](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-commuter/) - After he retired from the Army, George Marshall was special envoy to China, secretary of state, president of the American Red Cross and secretary of defense. He commuted to Washington, D.C., during the week from his homes in Leesburg, Virginia, and Pinehurst, North Carolina, by auto and air, and he sometimes stayed in Washington.
- [Back-to-Back-to-Back Conferences: Cairo to Tehran to Cairo](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/back-to-back-to-back-conferences-cairo-to-tehran-to-cairo/) - In November and December 1943, American and British leaders, including President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, met with Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek and Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, but not at the same time. The first of these three conferences was in Cairo, Egypt, November 22-26 with Chiang, the only one
- [George C. Marshall Lecture](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-lecture/)
- [The Marshall Plan Featured On NPR’s Planet Money](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-marshall-plan-featured-on-nprs-planet-money/)
- [Our Future Vision to Advance the Legacy of George C. Marshall](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/our-future-vision-to-advance-the-legacy-of-george-c-marshall/)
- [Marshall, Paris & Art](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-paris-art/) - Paris has acquired a reputation as the “City of Art.” But as war was declared on September 3, 1939, the Louvre evacuated its collections, sandbagged the larger pieces it couldn’t move and closed for business. In 1940, the invading German forces reopened the museum, but visitors found a mostly empty building. With hope brought by the Allied
- [Marshall and Comic Books](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-comic-books/) - Despite having no congressional resolutions or presidential proclamations, September 25th is considered National Comic Book Day. Comic books have been enjoyed as far back as the late 18th century. These early comics featured Japanese Toba-e style prints that were bound in an accordion-style book. Comic books have remained popular because they tell an ongoing story, provide
- [Armistice and the Homer Simpson Collection](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/armistice-homer-simpson-collection/) - At 5 a.m. on the morning of November 11, 1918, the Armistice, which ceased hostilities during World War I as a prelude to peace negotiations, was signed. In the trenches on the often quoted 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month’ was Private Homer E. Simpson, a soldier from Covington, Virginia, who
- [Marshall, Frank Capra, and Film](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-frank-capra-film/) - On May 27, 1942, the first of seven documentary films, Prelude to War, was released. This documentary series, Why We Fight, was commissioned by the United States Army. In a letter to President Roosevelt, General Marshall states the films would "replace the series of lectures given newly inducted soldiers as to why we are in the
- [Marshall and the Oscars](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-oscars/) - In May of 1971, the Marshall Foundation received its own Academy Award. The movie Patton had swept the 43rd Academy Awards, winning seven awards in the categories of original screenplay, direction, sound, editing, art direction, actor, and best picture. George C. Scott famously rejected his best actor Oscar for Patton, stating at the time: “…it is
- [Marshall and Mexico](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-mexico/) - Can you name all of the countries that were part of the Allied Nations during World War II? Did you include Mexico on your list? Many people, myself included, may be surprised to learn that Mexico participated in World War II. In response to the sinking of several oil ships by German U-boats, Mexico declared
- [Marshall and His Speech](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-his-speech/) - Sixty-eight years ago today, Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivered remarks at Harvard University that would become known as the Marshall Plan Speech. Henry Kissinger, who, like Marshall, served as Secretary of State and was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, recently wrote about the significance of the Marshall Plan and its continuing
- [Marshall & Postage Stamps](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-postage-stamps/) - Stamps, often considered miniature works of art, have been issued by world postal services since 1840. October is National Stamp Collecting month. It began in 1981 as a joint venture between the United States Postal Service and the Council of Philatelic Organizations. The Postal Service continues to promote National Stamp Collecting Month and stamp collecting
- [Evening in the Archives: The Things They Carried Home](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/evening-in-the-archives-the-things-they-carried-home/) - Last night’s behind the scenes event “The Things They Carried Home” offered a rare glimpse at the many artifacts from collections that have never been displayed publicly. The theme focused on items that soldiers carried with them during war and then home. Six stations displayed items they used on the job, religious items, native artwork,
- [Marshall and Nurses](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-nurses/) - When the nurses in the South Pacific awoke on December 8, 1941, their commanders began issuing them steel helmets and gas masks. The once-coveted assignment to the Philippines became one of waiting and preparing for what they believed to be Japan’s next attack. They were right. The Japanese continued their advancements, and the nurses were
- [Marshall and the Stars and Stripes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-stars-stripes/) - Seventy-five years ago this week, the Stars and Stripes newspaper had its second renaissance. The first paper with the name Stars and Stripes was started by a Union soldier during the Civil War in 1861. The Union army captured a newspaper plant in Missouri and produced only 4 papers. The newspaper was again revived during
- [Marshall and Henry "Hap" Arnold](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-henry-hap-arnold/) - George C. Marshall arrived in Washington on the evening of January 15, 1950, to the news that his longtime friend and colleague, General Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold, had died of a heart attack at his home in Sonoma, California. Marshall immediately sent a telegram to Arnold’s wife, Eleanor, expressing his sympathy and stating, “I
- ["I Don't Believe It!!"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-dont-believe-it/) - On November 5, 1943, about a dozen British and American military officers gathered around a large table for a meeting about the progress in and plans for the war. The men are cordial but serious as they discuss topics like the preliminary plans for the invasion of Europe. You’d think it was not a suitable
- [Marshall and the Relief of MacArthur](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-the-relief-of-macarthur/) - Secretary of the Army Frank Pace was asked personally to relieve General Douglas MacArthur until President Truman learned the announcement was to be preempted by a news leak. In what was to become its own ‘day of infamy,’ Truman hastily arranged a press conference to announce MacArthur’s relief. MacArthur himself learned of his fate from
- [Marshall and the Apple Blossom Festival](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-the-apple-blossom-festival/) - This blog was originally posted on May 5, 2017 In Winchester, Virginia this week, the 90th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is in full swing. The festival that celebrates the arrival of spring and the pink-and-white apple blossoms started in 1924 as a one-day event and, except for the war years 1942-1945, has been held
- [Marshall's Silver Star](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshalls-silver-star/) - George Marshall never led troops into battle, and this fact disappointed him. In World War I, though he asked to be assigned to combat troops, he was pulled from 1st Division to General Headquarters after planning the pivotal attack at Cantigny. His superiors felt that his talent for planning and logistics was more valuable on
- [Marshall and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/) - Recently we looked into whether George C. Marshall made any statements regarding the 1918 influenza pandemic. Marshall does note divisions being out of commission here due to illness, but does not offer many opinions or feelings on the matter. What most affected Marshall was in 1917, before his journey overseas. While mobilizing troops, General Bell was
- [Allied Strategic Debates: North African versus cross-Channel invasion](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/allied-strategic-debates-north-african-versus-cross-channel-invasion/) - June 1942 It was an inauspicious time for the Second Washington Conference to convene. The Allied position in the Mediterranean appeared to be in danger of collapse. On May 26 General Erwin Rommel’s forces had launched a vigorous attack on British positions in eastern Cyrenaica. Rommel smashed a British armored attack on June 5, and
- [The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-6888th-central-postal-directory-battalion/) - The 64th anniversary of the dedication of the Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy American Cemetery was commemorated July 18. Among the thousands of graves, there are four American women buried there – three from the same battalion: the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion consisted of 850 officers and enlisted in four companies,
- [Three WACs from Virginia](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/three-wacs-from-virginia/) - In the blog about the 6888th Central Postal Delivery Battalion, it was noted that the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was not intended to serve overseas. It’s not that the women couldn’t serve overseas, but the women serving in the WAAC were not given the same securities as soldiers. They weren’t protected by the Geneva Convention,
- [Breaking "Purple" in William Friedman's own words](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/breaking-purple-in-william-friedmans-own-words/) - In late 1938, a decoded Japanese message indicated that in February 1939, the current “A” encryption would no longer be used, but would switch to the new “B” encryption. Japanese diplomatic messages had been decoded and read from the “A” encryption for several years, so the switch was at first worrisome, and then problematic, for
- [George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Turns 60](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-space-flight-center-turns-60/) - During a quiet ceremony in July 1960 that formally transferred a facility from the military to a civilian agency, the United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency began operating as the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. What caused this transfer and why name it after an Army general if it was no longer a military
- ["Avoid trivia."](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/avoid-trivia/) - George Marshall was sworn in as Secretary of State January 21, 1947, just after he returned from working as Special Representative to the President in China for over a year. Marshall’s first international conference was at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, held March 10-April 24, 1947. The conference didn’t end with the agreements settling
- [George Marshall and the U.S. Presidency](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-marshall-and-the-u-s-presidency/) - George Marshall’s public stature caused people to think of him as a possible presidential candidate—as early as 1943. He emphatically squashed such speculation, but he could not change the fact that for six months in 1947, he was only a heartbeat away from being president because of the presidential succession law at the time. In
- [Painting a Patriot](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/painting-a-patriot/) - Inside the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery – Washington, DC’s temple to portraiture – hangs the likenesses of America’s greatest citizens. It may come as no surprise that General Marshall’s portrait is among them. Walking through the 20th Century Americans exhibition, visitors are met with the faces of Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton,
- [WAGS](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/wags/) - Here at the Marshall Foundation Library, we hold a special fondness for canines. General and Mrs. Marshall had many dogs over the years, most notably Fleet, the dalmatian. Fleet was a bit of a runner, once escaping the Marshall’s home in D.C., and ended up getting a ride home from the military police! General
- [Not Retirement At All](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/not-retirement-at-all/) - Gen. George Marshall served as Army Chief of Staff from September 1939 to November 1945, longer than the ordinary four-year term. As World War II ended, so did Marshall’s service. Thanksgiving weekend of 1945, Marshall took a much-needed break and went pheasant hunting in North Dakota with friend and co-worker Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold. It
- [I'm Sorry, Mr. President, But I Don't Agree With That At All](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/im-sorry-mr-president-but-i-dont-agree-with-that-at-all/) - On Oct. 3, 1917, Gen. John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, visited the First Division to see training in trench warfare. Acting Chief of Staff Capt. George Marshall arranged for Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., to demonstrate a new method for attacking the enemy in their trenches. Pershing
- [The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion update](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-6888th-central-postal-directory-battalion-update/) - Last week, the Associated Press ran an article about the efforts to honor surviving members 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion with the Congressional Gold Medal. Legislation passed the Senate earlier this year, and a bill is currently waiting on a vote in the House. Information about finding and contacting your local representative can be found
- ["I Profited from Glimpses into the Way He Thought and Made Decisions"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-profited-from-glimpses-into-the-way-he-thought-and-made-decisions/) - George Marshall refused to write his memoirs, but he was persuaded to be interviewed and to have his biography and papers published. He rejected any role in the selection of an author and stipulated that all proceeds should go to the George C. Marshall Foundation, which selected Dr. Forrest Pogue to interview Marshall and write
- [Marshall and Dill: "A Dear Friend, Unique in My Lifetime"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-dill-a-dear-friend-unique-in-my-lifetime/) - Near the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery, there is the grave of a senior British officer from World War II, marked by a large equine statue. Who is Field Marshal Sir John Dill, and why is he buried at Arlington? Dill and Gen. George Marshall worked closely together in Washington, D.C., during World War II.
- [Marshall and the Red Cross](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-red-cross/) - In light of the devastation caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the growing visibility through partnerships with other large organizations such as Walmart, the National Football League and ESPN, the American Red Cross is working hard to provide disaster relief. General Marshall served as president of the Red Cross from October 1949 to Sept
- [Marshall and the Recall of Stilwell](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-recall-of-stilwell/) - Lt. Col. George C. Marshall served as executive officer of the 15th Regiment in Tientsin, an area in northern China, from 1924 and 1927. During that time, he met Joseph Stilwell who was a battalion commander with the 15th Regiment and would later become one of “Marshall’s Men” as an instructor at Fort Benning, Georgia.
- [Marshall and the "Ratline"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-ratline/) - Guest blog by Cadet Mike Morrison, VMI ’20 and Marshall Foundation social media intern. With the Rat Mass of 19+3's (freshmen) breakout accomplished on February 2nd, 2019, we look back at Marshall's own "ratline" in his first year at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1889. Though the ratline was much less structured and regulated
- [Marshall and The Kappa Alpha Order](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-kappa-alpha-order-2/) - This blog was originally posted on June 12, 2015 As we all know, George C. Marshall is a man of many parts: soldier and statesman; father and husband; diplomat. One of the less well known facts about this fascinating individual, however, is that he was also part of a fraternity, a member of the Kappa Alpha
- [Marshall and the Jeep](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-jeep/) - It is often mentioned that General Marshall considered the jeep one of the best, if not the best, weapons of the war. More intriguing, but still lacking complete detail, have been suggestions that he had something specifically to do with the creation of the original jeep. The evidence today seems to suggest the conclusion that
- [Marshall and the Foreign Assistance Act](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-foreign-assistance-act/) - On March 23, 2016, the Marshall Plan Speech was one of 25 recordings added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Secretary of State George C. Marshall’s remarks at Harvard University were a crucial first step in the United States’ efforts to help rebuild Europe after World War II and certainly represent
- [Marshall and the Church at Vaux](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-church-at-vaux/) - This week, the Marshall Foundation says goodbye to our amazing curator, Cathy DeSilvey. We thank her for her years of tireless advocacy for Marshall’s legacy, gift for exhibition planning, and passion for helping objects tell their stories. We have decided to rerun one of her best and most popular pieces as thanks for her years
- [Marshall and the Atomic Bomb](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-atomic-bomb/) - The book, General George C. Marshall and the Atomic Bomb, looks at events of the first nuclear decade from General Marshall's perspective. Marshall had the unique position of being the only high-level government official who participated in or witnessed the decisions regarding the production, use, and post-war management of the atomic bomb from 1942 to
- [Marshall and Thanksgiving](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-thanksgiving/) - Happy Thanksgiving from the Marshall Foundation! Recent media attention has commended stores for staying closed on Thanksgiving and for promoting time with friends and family. Seventy years ago, economic activity was on the mind of President Franklin Roosevelt. In 1939 he wanted to spur spending and moved the Thanksgiving celebration up a week to extend
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Mark T. Esper - 2021](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-mark-t-esper-2021/) - Dr. Mark T. Esper will be recognized for his dis­tinguished career and his many contributions to our nation. He has overseen a rebuilding of our national defense capabilities and been a strong advocate for both military preparedness and our brave men and women in uniform. Learn more here.
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. - 2018](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-joseph-f-dunford-jr-2018/) - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. received the Goodpaster Award in December 2018 at a dinner in Washington. Dunford was honored for his distinguished career in the U.S. Marine Corps and his many contributions to U.S defense.
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Mark A. Milley - 2017](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-mark-a-milley-2017/) - U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley received the Goodpaster Award in December 2017 at a luncheon in Washington. General Milley was honored for his distinguished career in the U.S. Army, his many contributions to U.S defense and his leadership of the U.S. Army at the highest level. See photos, read the program
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Richard Cody - 2016](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-richard-cody-2016/) - Gen. Richard Cody, USA (Ret.), received the Goodpaster Award in December 2016 at a luncheon in Washington. He was honored for his distinguished career in the U.S. Army, his many contributions to U.S defense, and his leadership of the non-profit Homes for Our Troops and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. See photos and listen to
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - John J. Jumper - 2015](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-john-j-jumper-2015/) - Gen. John J. Jumper, USAF (Ret.), received the Goodpaster Award in December 2015 at a luncheon in Washington. Gen. Jumper was the 17th U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff. He was honored for his distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force as well for his many contributions to U.S defense. See photos, read the program
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Raymond T. Odierno - 2014](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-raymond-t-odierno-2014/) - Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, USA, received the Goodpaster Award in December 2014 at a luncheon in Washington. Gen. Odierno is the 38th U.S. Army chief of staff. He was honored for his distinguished career in the U.S. Army. During more than 37 years of service, he has commanded units at every echelon, from platoon to
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Gordon R. Sullivan - 2012](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-gordon-r-sullivan-2012/) - General Gordon Sullivan, USA (Ret.) received the Goodpaster Award in May 2012 at a luncheon in Washington. Gen. Sullivan was honored for his distinguished career in the U.S. Army that he concluded as the 32nd Chief of Staff and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and for his leadership of AUSA (Association of the
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award - Brent Scowcroft - 2008](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-andrew-j-goodpaster-award-brent-scowcroft-2008/) - Lt. General Brent Scowcroft received the first Goodpaster Award in December 2008 at a gala dinner in Washington. General Scowcroft epitomizes a life of selfless devotion and service to the country he loves deeply. A former trustee of the Marshall Foundation like his good friend and colleague Andrew Goodpaster, Brent Scowcroft served as National Security
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - John W. Warner and Lee H. Hamilton - 2007](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-john-w-warner-and-lee-h-hamilton-2007/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation Award Gala, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan, honored two distinguished recipients: Senator John W. Warner, left, and The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, right, on June 5, 2007, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award - David Rockefeller - 1999](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award-david-rockefeller-1999/) - David Rockefeller received the second George C. Marshall Foundation Award at a dinner and ceremony at the New York Public Library in May 1999. Mr. Rockefeller was honored for his long-time commitment to positive international economic development, his humanitarian service to community based on the recognition that a healthy, vibrant society depends upon a sound
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-award/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation Award was established in 1997 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan. This award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to foster international economic development and to establish, in Marshall's words, "economic health in the world, without which there can be no political
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Humanitarian Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-humanitarian-award/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation Humanitarian Award is presented to individuals or organizations to recognize significant humanitarian service, create public awareness of their accomplishments, and encourage others to follow their example. Recipients 2019 | David Rubenstein Mr. Rubenstein received the award at a black-tie gala held on November 11, 2019, at the National Portrait Gallery
- [The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/andrew-j-goodpaster-award/) - The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award honors the life and service of General Andrew J. Goodpaster, a longtime trustee and a chairman of the Foundation, a champion of the Marshall legacy, an American hero, and an extraordinary public servant. The Goodpaster Award is presented to American business leaders, politicians, military leaders and others who have served
- ["He was an inspiration to us all in those trying days"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/he-was-an-inspiration-to-us-all-in-those-trying-days/) - The relationship between General George C. Marshall and Field Marshal Sir John G. Dill has been considered one of the most critically important personal relationships to the success of the Allies during World War II. Although Dill was a British Army officer, his ability to disagree with Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s opinions, to talk
- [George C. Marshall (author of the Marshall Plan)’s Left Ear](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/george-c-marshall-author-of-the-marshall-plans-left-ear/) - I'm interested in the way Americans learn to be Americans, acutely aware as I age that we are born into (or immigrate to) one America, but must adapt to another. Our country is ever changing. I learned my earliest lessons in the 1960s, most memorably from my father, a veteran of World War II and
- [Marshall and John Leighton Stuart ](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-john-leighton-stuart/) - On July 5, 1946, George C. Marshall proposed Dr. John Leighton Stuart to be the United States Ambassador to China. Marshall believed that the great respect that both Communists and Nationalists had for Dr. Stuart would be tremendously helpful during the China Mission’s ongoing negotiations. In a top-secret message to Dean G. Acheson, Marshall stated, “I am requesting War Department to delay Wedemeyer’s departure
- ["General, How About Getting a Nice Coat"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/general-how-about-getting-a-nice-coat/) - When it’s cold, you wear a coat. When you’re a soldier and it’s cold, you wear whatever coat is issued to you. While serving as Army Chief of Staff during World War II, we most often see Gen. George Marshall in his Army-issue coat, which is a trench coat with a button-in woolen liner for
- [Friends and Pranksters: Marshall and Brigadier General Adams](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/friends-and-pranksters-marshall-and-brigadier-general-adams/) - It is difficult to imagine Marshall as inhabiting anything but the no-nonsense, resolute persona of his professional life. This image is so pervasive that we are commonly asked if he ever smiled at all. The Marshall Foundation archives house documents and photos that reveal the General’s personal life, including his lighter side. In a 1957 interview with Marshall biographer Forrest C. Pogue, Brigadier General
- [Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Prohibition](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/elizebeth-smith-friedman-and-prohibition/) - One hundred years ago, it became illegal to stop off at the corner bar for a beer – the Volstead Act, commonly called Prohibition, outlawed the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Of course, the desire for alcoholic beverages didn’t disappear simply because it was illegal. Organized crime
- [Discovered: A George Marshall Mural Study](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/discovered-a-george-marshall-mural-study/) - Last February, I got a phone call from Mr. Arnold Jaffe, who told me that he found two studies of a George Marshall mural by muralist Umberto Romano in a box lot at an art auction, and he wondered if I knew anything about them. None of us at the George C. Marshall Foundation had
- [Cooking with World War II Rations - What I Learned](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/cooking-with-wwii-rations/) - Cooking with World War II ration recipes – Main dish Many of us are cooking from what we have in the pantry as we endeavor to keep trips to the grocery and other stores to a minimum. My ingredients are somewhat limited, and it occurred to me that my grandmother faced similar limitations during World
- [All Who Want to Serve: Charity Adams Early](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/charity-adams-early/) - As a result of the influence of Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, women of color joined the Women's Army Corps’ 6888th Central Postal Battalion. During World War II, 850 African-American women served overseas, in Birmingham, England, to sort and deliver backed-up mail to millions of soldiers in Europe. Army Major Charity Adams,
- ["Being Educated on Hawaiian Defensive Conditions"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/being-educated-on-hawaiian-defensive-conditions/) - “The big thing I learned in World War II was the urgent necessity of frequent visits … I was abreast of what was going on all over the place. I could sense their reactions and I could see how they felt urgently about this or that, which we at headquarters did not really feel so
- [#AskAnArchivist Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/askanarchivist-day/) - Next Wednesday, October 4th, is #AskAnArchivist Day. This day-long event sponsored by the Society of American Archivists is an opportunity to ask questions (via Twitter) about any and all things archives and have them answered by archivists. The Marshall Library will be participating in the event, so be sure to send your archives questions to
- [American Artist Appreciation Month](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/american-artist-appreciation-month/) - Manuel Bromberg was born in 1917 in Centerville, Iowa. When he was two, he moved with his mother and older brother to Cleveland, Ohio. At age 10 he started taking morning art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. At age 16, Bromberg was the winner of the George Bellows Award, a national art competition
- [American Artist Month - Augustus Vincent Tack](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/american-artist-month-augustus-vincent-tack/) - Augustus Vincent Tack (1870 – 1949) was born in Pittsburgh and moved to New York City at the age of 13. By 19 his artwork had attracted the eye of painter John LeFarge, who mentored him and introduced him to other artists, such as Claude Monet. Later, he became very close to Duncan Phillips, whose
- [An Expectation of Professionalism](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/an-expectation-of-professionalism/) - Newly promoted Col. George Marshall had only been commanding officer at Fort Moultrie, SC, for a few months in an anticipated two-year tour when he received orders to report as the senior instructor to the Illinois National Guard, then the 33rd Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Roy D. Keehn. The orders surprised the Marshalls, as
- [A good day fishing](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-good-day-fishing/) - Some of George Marshall's favorite childhood memories were going fishing, especially with his father. These father-son excursions led to an enjoyable lifelong hobby for him. One story of a childhood fishing trip was on the Youghiogheny River (pronounced "Yock-a-gainy"). Marshall's father and two friends, along with young George (not too much older than
- [A Glimpse Into the Past](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-glimpse-into-the-past/) - In 1968, Ida May Esmond donated the Army papers belonging to her stepfather, Col. Edmund C. Waddill, to the George C. Marshall Foundation. Waddill graduated from VMI in 1903, and served with the 2nd Division in World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "exceptional bravery by advancing in the open
- [A Symbol of Your Regard and Appreciation of Our War Effort](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/a-symbol-of-your-regard-and-appreciation-of-our-war-effort/) - During World War II, Army Chief of Staff George Marshall refused all United States awards and medals, and most from other countries. He made an agreement with British Field Marshal John Dill that awards would not be exchanged between the two countries during the war. Marshall biographer Forrest C. Pogue wrote that Marshall thought “it
- [Robert Lovett: A Man of Character and Ability](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/robert-lovett-a-man-of-character-and-ability/) - The main library room at the George C. Marshall Foundation is called the “Lovett Reading Room,” and there is a large painting of Robert Lovett on display. This confuses some visitors who may not recognize Lovett, or know the long working relationship George Marshall and Lovett had. Lovett was a World War I
- ["No Intention of Becoming Involved in Any Such Enterprise"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/no-intention-of-becoming-involved-in-any-such-enterprise/) - George Marshall adamantly refused to write his memoirs because he said that doing so tended to make one concerned about justifying their actions and protecting their reputation. He also said that he would have to tell the truth about people if he wrote his memoirs, and that could ruin the reputations of some individuals. He
- [Family Donations: Discovering More Elizebeth Smith Friedman Photos](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/family-donations-discovering-more-elizebeth-smith-friedman-photos/) - William and Elizebeth Smith Friedman were amongst the world's foremost codebreakers in the 20th century, inventing the science of cryptography. In 1971, Elizebeth accompanied the moving of their library, photos, and private papers to the George C. Marshall Foundation, where their collections remain amongst the most popular in the Foundation archives. In November, Elizebeth Smith
- [Behind the Bank Vault Door is Archives!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/behind-the-bank-vault-door-is-archives/) - Most photos of Gen. George C. Marshall show him rather serious, like this: Even as a boy, his photos were unsmiling. So to find a photo where Marshall is hamming it up for the camera is rather unusual. These photos are from the George C. Marshall Foundation library archives, and as part
- ["My goodness. Where did you come from?" President Truman Visits the Marshalls](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/my-goodness-where-did-you-come-from-president-truman-visits-the-marshalls/) - President Harry Truman visited George Marshall at his homes in Leesburg, Virginia, and Pinehurst, North Carolina, six times. A search of Truman’s daily appointment calendar on the Truman Library website provided information about four of the visits. Records also suggest that Truman sometimes drove his presidential car on those trips. The first calendar entry,
- [New focus on the George C. Marshall statue](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/new-focus-on-the-george-c-marshall-statue/) - Recently, the Virginia Military Institute began a project that relocated the post flagpoles to either side of the George C. Marshall statue in front of the barracks. This is where the flagpoles used to be. You can see the Marshall statue to the left of the U.S. flag. First, the Marshall statue was safely wrapped
- [Roaring Boring Alice](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/roaring-boring-alice/) - The digitization of 63 Hollinger boxes of Army Signal Corps photos is an ongoing project at the Marshall Foundation Library. VMI cadets Garrett DeFazio and Noah McHugh, and missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Elders Larsen, Finney, and Eaton have been moving this project along this summer, and sometimes discover some
- [Laying to Rest Those Few Who Have Served Our Nation with Dignity and Honor](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/laying-to-rest-those-few-who-have-served-our-nation-with-dignity-and-honor/) - On Monday, June 21, it felt like 105 degrees Fahrenheit at Arlington National Cemetery. Cathy DeSilvey and I know, because we were there, visiting the graves of those for whom we hold collections at the George C. Marshall Foundation. We wanted to pay our respects, but also get photos of each headstone, as they hold
- [Love in letters](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/love-in-letters/) - When John Hermansen was born in the early 1900s in Pennsylvania, he could have never known that he would travel and traverse continents in his lifetime. No one of his generation foresaw what turned out to be the deadliest war in mankind’s history. But the Greatest Generation did what people have always done; they overcame. They
- [The George C. Marshall Foundation Welcomes New Trustees](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-george-c-marshall-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation has recently brought on four new members to its Board of Trustees. Walton M. Jeffress, Jr., of Fairfax, Virginia, is an attorney specializing in trust law, estate planning, and taxation law. He earned his B.S. from the Virginia Military Institute in 1968, his J.D. from Washington and Lee University in
- [The Urgent Necessity of Frequent Visits](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-urgent-necessity-of-frequent-visits/) - “The big thing I learned in World War II was the urgent necessity of frequent visits … I was abreast of what was going on all over the place. I could sense their reactions and I could see how they felt urgently about this or that, which we at headquarters did not really feel so
- [Lights, Camera, Katherine!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/lights-camera-katherine/) - Katherine Tupper married George C. Marshall in 1930, but her early life took a very different route – a life on the road and on the stage. Yes, Katherine was once a celebrity actress! After graduating from the Hollins Institute, Katherine set her sights on the New York stage and enrolled in the American Academy
- ["Welcome to the Peripatetic Army life, Mrs. Marshall": The Marshalls' Homes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/welcome-to-the-peripatetic-army-life-mrs-marshall-the-marshalls-homes/) - Upon arriving at Fort Benning, GA, the fall of 1927, Lt. Col. George Marshall was assigned quarters that were an old farmhouse behind the well-known home “Riverside.” He was pleased with his home, and wrote a family member, “The house I will occupy was a farm house before the government took over the place in
- ["The Old Professor" in China](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-old-professor-in-china/) - On a wintry evening in December 1945, the telephone at Dodona Manor rang for General Marshall. It was President Harry S. Truman who, just ten days after Marshall retired as Army Chief of Staff, requested that Marshall serve as U.S. Special Envoy to China. Ever the public servant, Marshall accepted his next call to duty.
- [How Far? All the Way!](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/how-far-all-the-way/) - Benjamin Franklin first envisioned airborne troops dropped by parachute from hot air balloons flying behind enemy lines in a 1784 letter, “And where is the Prince who can afford so to cover his Country with Troops for its Defense, as that Ten Thousand Men descending from the Clouds, might not in many Places do an
- ["Powder" in Pictures](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/powder-in-pictures/) - George Marshall called him “Powder.” Powder ordered a warm winter coat for Gen. Marshall before traveling to Russia and found a birthday cake on Christmas Eve for Katherine to celebrate Field Marshal Dill’s birthday. He traveled to conferences in Paris, Casablanca, Yalta, Quebec, Algiers, and Potsdam, but he was not in any of the photos.
- [Stars in space](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/stars-in-space/) - The Atlantis space shuttle flight STS-27R lifted off Dec. 2, 1988 with a crew of five astronauts: Commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson; pilot Guy Gardner; mission specialists Robert Mullane, Jerry Ross, and William Shepherd. Atlantis carried a classified military satellite aloft, and also carried stars to space. Stars to space? Isn't that a bit odd? Yes,
- ["I Am Interested in the Soldier Having His Pants"](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/i-am-interested-in-the-soldier-having-his-pants/) - While a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, George Marshall studied military history and tactics, and was doubtless familiar with Napoleon Bonaparte's ill-fated attack on Russia that ended with French soldiers freezing in the Russian winter. As a young officer in World War I, Capt. Marshall first met Gen. Pershing when he disputed Pershing's scathing
- [#AskAnArchivist Day, October 7th 2020](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/askanarchivist-day-october-7th-2020/) - Next Wednesday, October 7th, is #AskAnArchivist Day. This day-long event sponsored by the Society of American Archivists is an opportunity to ask questions (via Twitter) about any and all things archives and have them answered by archivists. The Marshall Library will be participating in the event, so be sure to send your archives questions to
- [Lasting Indebtedness: George C. Marshall, William Dean, and the POWs of the Korean War](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/lasting-indebtedness/) - Issues surrounding prisoners of war (POWs) played a critical role in Korean War history. Disagreements between the US-led United Nations Command and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)-People’s Republic of China opponents over POW repatriation delayed the armistice by many months. Rumors and unjust insinuations of POW disloyalty tarnished the reputations of many Korean
- [Marshall Myth: Marshall and Vacation](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-myth-marshall-and-vacation/) - The great responsibilities that Marshall had during the war have led some people to conclude that he never took a vacation. While this myth is consistent with Marshall’s tireless work ethic, his appointment books for this period reveal that it has no factual basis. On March 7, 1943, Chief of Staff of the Army George
- [Marshall Begins Duties as Acting Army Chief of Staff](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-selected-as-army-chief-of-staff/) - Deputy Chief of Staff George C. Marshall assumed the chief’s duties on July 1, 1939. According to army regulations: “The Chief of Staff is the immediate adviser of the Secretary of War on all matters relating to the Military Establishment and is charged by the Secretary of War with the planning, development, and execution of
- [Victory in Europe](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/victory-in-europe/) - “The mission of this Allied force was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945,” Gen. Eisenhower to the Combined Chiefs of Staff and British Chiefs of Staff from S.H.A.E.F. headquarters in Reims. (Papers of DDE, 4: 2696.) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, accepted the unconditional surrender of German forces on May 7.
- [Two Handshakes, 120 Years of Cadet Leadership](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/two-handshakes-blog/) - Although he was not an outstanding student at the Virginia Military Institute, George Marshall proved to be a leader among his fellow cadets as he served as corporal and first sergeant in his second and third years at VMI. He was known for his “impressively military bearing and a voice which could be heard the
- [Marshall and Dill](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-dill/) - The relationship between General George C. Marshall and Field Marshal Sir John G. Dill has been considered one of the most critically important personal relationships to the success of the Allies during World War II. Although Dill was a British Army officer, his ability to disagree with Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s opinions, to talk with
- [Marshall and His Extension as Chief of Staff](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-his-extension-as-chief-of-staff/) - August 31, 1943, was the last day of General George C. Marshall’s 4-year appointment as chief of staff of the U.S. Army. On the day he had been sworn into office, September 1, 1939, Germany had invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II in Europe. A little more than half way through Marshall’s
- [Marshall and Medals](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-medals/) - In 1919, Lt. Col. George C. Marshall, Jr. was awarded the Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur Officier (National Order of the Legion of Honor, degree of officer), for his service in France during World War I. On this day seventy-three years ago, after World War II had ended in Europe, he was promoted to
- [Marshall and "Pa" Watson](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-pa-watson/) - Seventy-eight years ago this week, Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Senior Military Aide, Major General Edwin M. “Pa” Watson. Watson, who was born in Alabama and raised in Martinsville, Virginia, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1908. After he completed tours of duty in
- [The Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/the-anniversary-of-the-dieppe-raid/) - This month, August 19th, sees the 76th anniversary of the (overwhelmingly) British-Canadian raid on the French port of Dieppe. This assault on the French town also featured small contingents of French, Czech and Polish troops as well as some 50 U.S. Army Rangers. Although a tactical defeat for the Allies, in strategic terms, it was
- [Marshall and the Manhattan Project](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-manhattan-project/) - On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to notify him of recent developments in nuclear physics that suggested the element uranium could be turned into a new and important source of energy. Einstein warned that the energy could be used to create extremely powerful bombs that could destroy
- [Katherine Marshall and China](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/katherine-marshall-and-china/) - In December 1945, Katherine Tupper Marshall accompanied her husband, General George C. Marshall, to the airport for his departure to China. A few weeks earlier, President Harry Truman had asked General Marshall to serve as a special envoy to China to negotiate peace between the country’s Communist and Nationalist parties. Not wanting to face the crowds that had assembled, Mrs. Marshall watched from the car as General Marshall’s luggage was loaded into the plane,
- [Marshall and the Office of War Information](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-office-of-war-information/) - On June 13, 1942 Executive Order 9182 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the United States Office of War Information (OWI). The OWI was seen as the connection between the battlefront and civilians back home. Its purpose was to centralize the various information services of the U.S. government. The OWI not only created a single
- [Marshall and Spelling Bees](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-spelling-bees/) - Next week, students from all over the world will descend on Washington, D.C. to participate in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year’s contest has 516 spellers who are competing for the $40,000 prize. Throughout the week the students will experience both great excitement as they move on to another round and great agony
- [Marshall Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-day/) - Each May 15, the Virginia Military Institute corps of cadets assembles to pay tribute to the ten cadets who were killed in the Civil War Battle of New Market, in 1864. On New Market Day in 1951, VMI also celebrated the fifty-year career of their most accomplished graduate, George C. Marshall, Class of 1901. The
- [Marshall and W.A.C. Recruitment](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-w-c-recruitment/) - On this day in 1944, a confidential memorandum from General George C. Marshall was distributed to all War Department General Staff and Special Staff divisions, overseas commanders, Army Ground Forces down to tactical units, as well as Army Air Forces, Army Service Forces, and Defense Commands down to posts, camps, and stations. The constantly increasing
- [Marshall and The Fight For The European Recovery Plan](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-fight-european-recovery-plan/) - Seventy years ago this week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) continued to work on approving the details of the European Recovery Program. The European Recovery Program, or ERP, was more commonly known as the Marshall Plan. Opposition in Congress, which reflected public sentiment, was widespread. Some thought Europe needed to solve its own problems
- [Marshall and Commissioning into the Army](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-commissioning-army/) - After almost completing four years at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), George C. Marshall embarked on his next journey, commissioning into the U.S. Army. The recent expansion of the army had increased the number of vacancies for new lieutenancies, but by the time Marshall was able to take the qualifying exam in September 1901 only 142
- [Marshall and Fort Reno](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-fort-reno/) - A few days after Christmas in December 1903 George C. Marshall and his detachment of Company G, Thirtieth Infantry, arrived for a routine assignment at Fort Reno in Oklahoma Territory. According to author William Frye in his 1947 biography Marshall: Citizen Soldier, Marshall noticed the Ninth Cavalry “Buffalo Soldiers” stationed there and “lectured his own
- [Marshall and the Five-Star Rank](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-five-star-rank/) - On December 16, 1944, General George C. Marshall became the first army officer to be promoted to the newly created five-star rank. Only nine army and navy officers have been selected for promotion to this distinguished rank. They were: Admiral William D. Leahy, Chair of the Chiefs of Staff: (December 15, 1944) General George C.
- [Marshall Retires as Chief of Staff](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-retires-chief-staff/) - After leading the United States Army to victory during World War II, General George C. Marshall submitted his request to resign as army chief of staff to President Harry S. Truman on November 18, 1945. Marshall had been sworn in as chief of staff more than 6 years earlier on September 1, 1939, the very
- [Marshall, MacArthur and the 38th Parallel](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-macarthur-38th-parallel/) - On 25 June 1950, in an attempt to unify the Korean peninsula, North Korean forces swept across the 38th parallel, and the line of latitude demarcating the border between the two Koreas. Desperate fighting by U.S. and South Korean forces eventually stemmed the advance at the city of Pusan (now Busan) in the south east
- [Guest Blogger: Jason Fagone and The Woman Who Smashed Codes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/guest-blogger-jason-fagone/) - I visited the Marshall library for the first time in January 2015, looking for information about the codebreaking poet Elizebeth Smith Friedman. I had been reading about the history of the NSA and its godfather, William Friedman, and in reading about William, I noticed that his wife was also a codebreaker. Two codebreakers, married to
- [Marshall and the Quebec Conference](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-quebec-conference/) - The first Quebec Conference (code-named QUADRANT) which occurred August 14-24, 1943, was the third crucial Anglo-American conference in seven months. As at Casablanca in January and Washington in May (code-named TRIDENT), the chief difficulty was the strength of Allied commitment to the cross-Channel invasion and the consequent allocation of resources between the invasion of France
- [Marshall and the Atlantic Conference](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-atlantic-conference/) - On the evening of July 30, 1941, General George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the United States Army, was suddenly called to the White House. When Marshall arrived, he was directed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to prepare, in secrecy, for a meeting at sea with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his military
- [Marshall and his Advice to the Young](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-advice-young/) - This post was originally published on June 19, 2015. June graduations and commencement addresses are great collegiate traditions and the last opportunity to influence students. General Marshall said he tried his “best to influence young people whenever I came in contact with them in public talks.” In this digital era, when there is so much
- [Marshall and Fire Island](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-fire-island-2/) - This post was originally published on July 8, 2016. According to the U.S. National Park Service, there are conflicting views as to the origin of the name Fire Island. The island may have been named after Fire Island Inlet, which appeared on a deed in 1789, and the inlet’s name may have started as a
- [Marshall and the Space Flight Center](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-space-flight-center/) - This blog was originally published on June 26, 2015. Fifty-five years ago next week during a quiet ceremony that formally transferred a facility from the military to a civilian agency, the United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency began operating as the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. What caused this transfer and why name it
- [Marshall and the Soviet Aviators](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-soviet-aviators/) - This blog was originally published on June 17, 2016. June 20, 1937, may have been the most memorable Sunday morning that George C. Marshall experienced as commander of Vancouver Barracks, Washington. Three days earlier pilot Valeri P. Chkalov, co-pilot Georgi P. Baidukov, and navigator Alexander V. Beliakov departed from Moscow to attempt the first nonstop
- [Marshall and Dunkirk](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-dunkirk/) - Today, Friday 26th May, marks the 77th anniversary of the beginning of ‘Operation Dynamo’ the code name for the evacuation of the remnants of the British Expeditionary Force (the BEF) from the beaches of Dunkirk, France. The evacuation, which saw more than 200,000 British troops together with another 100,000 troops, mainly French, from other Allied
- [Marshall and the 75th Anniversary of the WAC](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-75th-anniversary-wacs/) - This blog was originally published on March 13, 2015. When Massachusetts representative, Edith Nourse Rogers, introduced a bill in May 1941 to establish a Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for Service with the Army of the United States she set into motion a series of events that transformed the role of women in military service. (HR
- [Marshall and the Apple Blossom Festival](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-apple-blossom-festival/) - In Winchester, Virginia this week, the 90th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is in full swing. The festival that celebrates the arrival of spring and the pink-and-white apple blossoms started in 1924 as a one-day event and, except for the war years 1942-1945, has been held every year since then. It is one of the
- [Marshall and Easter](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-easter/) - During the first Easter celebrated after the United States’ entrance into the second world war, Marshall found himself in Bermuda after engine failure delayed his flight to London. He recalls the event in a letter to Brigadier General Miller: I have a very vivid recollection of that Easter Service a year ago. It was most
- [Marshall Myth: Marshall and Vacation](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-myth-marshall-vacation/) - The month of March often finds people dreaming of, or actually going on, vacation to take a break from cold winter weather. On March 7, 1943, Chief of Staff of the Army George C. Marshall traveled to Miami, Florida, with his wife Katherine for a week-long vacation, his first since the United States had entered
- [Marshall and the Plan: The Princeton Speech](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-plan-princeton-speech/) - Seventy years ago, newly appointed Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivered remarks at Princeton University on the occasion of George Washington’s birthday. Marshall had been sworn in a little over a month earlier, yet his remarks revealed a thorough understanding of the world situation as well as his views on the more active role
- [Marshall and International Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/) - International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th commemorates the victims of the Holocaust during World War II. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 during a special session that marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops. After liberation, displaced persons camps
- [Marshall and Katherine: Together](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-katherine-together/) - On March 21, 1947 Mrs. Marshall gladly discussed her book Together: Annal of an Army Wife with Odom Fanning of the Atlanta Journal. Mrs. Marshall stated that she wrote the book to give “a picture of General Marshall as a human being, not as a soldier or organizer.” Her press conference won over her listeners
- [Marshall and Churchill](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-churchill/) - This past Wednesday, 30 November, was Winston Churchill’s 142nd birthday (he was born in 1874). The occasion was accompanied, as often is, by various dinners around the world and myriad toasts offered to the great man’s memory-and appropriately so. Winston Churchill, bon viveur, is an easy man to commemorate in such a fashion. That fact,
- [Marshall & Thanksgiving](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-thanksgiving/) - This post was originally published on: November 26, 2015 Happy Thanksgiving from the Marshall Foundation! Recent media attention has commended stores for staying closed on Thanksgiving and for promoting time with friends and family. Seventy years ago, economic activity was on the mind of President Franklin Roosevelt. In 1939 he wanted to spur spending and
- [Marshall and his submarine](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-his-submarine/) - This week on social media the Marshall Foundation’s trivia question and featured artifact had to do with the only ship named after General George C. Marshall, the USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654). The USS George C. Marshall (GCM) was a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) included in the “41 for Freedom,” the 41 Benjamin Franklin-class
- [Marshall and His Barber](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-his-barber/) - The photo to the left titled “Private Gets in General’s Hair” ran in the The Montrose Herald, as well as many other American newspapers, in August of 1945. But the man in the photo cutting General Marshall’s hair was not his regular barber. Joseph Abbate, who had been Marshall’s barber since 1939, opened the barber
- [Marshall and Frank McCarthy](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-frank-mccarthy/) - Frank McCarthy was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1912. After graduating from VMI in 1933, McCarthy returned to his alma mater as an instructor and then remained as alumni secretary. In the late 1930s, when Brother Rat, a comedy based rather loosely on life at VMI, became a Broadway success and a popular road show,
- [Marshall & PURPLE](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-purple/) - PURPLE, the name given to the Japanese diplomatic cipher system used during World War II, is not as well-known as the ENIGMA system used by the Germans but was considered the most complex cipher system of its time. Despite its complexity, a team of U.S. codebreakers led by William F. Friedman produced their first deciphered
- [Marshall and War Bonds](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-war-bonds/) - Speaking during the Third War Loan Drive in September 1943, Marshall said, “The American people must give not only their full personal effort but the full use of their dollars invested in War Bonds, to back these attacks. There is no alternative. Total victory is in sight but it can only be won by concentrating
- [Marshall Myth: West Point Football Plaque](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-myth-west-point-football-player/) - Like many football teams, the United States Military Academy team has its own unique pregame ritual. Before taking the field, each player places his hands on a bronze plaque displaying a quote attributed to General George C. Marshall while he was serving as chief of staff of the army during World War II. The plaque
- [Marshall and the Soviet Aviators](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-soviet-aviators/) - June 20, 1937, may have been the most memorable Sunday morning that George C. Marshall experienced as commander of Vancouver Barracks, Washington. Three days earlier pilot Valeri P. Chkalov, co-pilot Georgi P. Baidukov, and navigator Alexander V. Beliakov departed from Moscow to attempt the first nonstop flight over the North Pole to the United States.
- [Marshall Plan Art](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-plan-art/) - In December 2015 the Marshall Foundation acquired thirty-nine acrylic paintings from James Work of Katy, Texas, who painted scenes from his time in Germany during and after World War II. Using photos taken in 1946 and from a return visit in 1986, he painted “before and after” scenes of Germany, illustrating the results of Marshall
- [Marshall and Brazil](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-brazil/) - Only two weeks after the public announcement that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had appointed General George C. Marshall as the next chief of staff of the U.S. Army, Marshall found himself aboard the cruiser U.S.S. Nashville en route to his first visit to a foreign country. His destination was not Great Britain, France, the Soviet
- [Marshall and Taxes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-taxes/) - Recently museum and library staff came upon Marshall’s Officer’s Pay Data Card from 1945. It was a form (WD AGO 77) on which all information relative to the individual officer’s pay and allowance, length of service and deductions and allotments was kept. This is different from a pay voucher, and it was required to be
- [Marshall & Ireland](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-ireland/) - Ireland and Britain have had a very rocky past for the better part of their shared history. This did not change during World War II. Northern Ireland, as part of the United Kingdom, took up arms in its defense. While many of Ireland’s men crossed the border into Northern Ireland and volunteered to serve with
- [Marshall Myths: “The Most Unsordid Act in History”](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-myths-the-most-unsordid-act-in-history/) - The phrase “the most unsordid act in history” is correctly attributed to the ever eloquent Winston Churchill, but a great deal of confusion persists about what Churchill was referring to when he bestowed this title. Sadly, those who believe that Churchill used this phrase to describe the Marshall Plan are perpetuating another Marshall myth. Tracing
- [Marshall Myths: Marshall’s “Little Black Book”](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-myths-marshalls-little-black-book/) - Occasionally visitors to the Marshall Foundation will ask staff to verify a story that they heard about George C. Marshall. As with any historic figure certain stories about Marshall have become widely accepted as true even though they do not have any factual basis. This post will be the first in an occasional series exploring
- [Marshall and DACOWITS](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-dacowits/) - Recent headlines include “10th Mountain Division Gets First Female Brigadier,” “Two women graduate from Army Ranger Course,” and “Navy SEALs set to open to women, top admiral says.” What, if anything, does this have to do with George C. Marshall? Marshall’s concern for women in uniform was the impetus behind the federal organization that still
- [Greece and the Marshall Plan](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/greece-and-the-marshall-plan/) - Few today doubt the wisdom of the European Recovery Program, known, colloquially of course as the ‘Marshall Plan’ in honor of of the man who conceived of it and even fewer doubt the vastly positive impact it had. From re-building the war-torn economies of western Europe, both friend and foe, and tilling the soil of
- [Marshall and the Space Flight Center](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-the-space-flight-center/) - Fifty-five years ago next week during a quiet ceremony that formally transferred a facility from the military to a civilian agency, the United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency began operating as the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. What caused this transfer and why name it after an Army general if it was no longer
- [Marshall and His Advice to the Young](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-his-advice-to-the-young/) - June graduations and commencement addresses are great collegiate traditions and the last opportunity to influence students. General Marshall said he tried his “best to influence young people whenever I came in contact with them in public talks.” In this digital era, when there is so much information available, General Marshall’s reply to Edward R. Morrow’s question, “I
- [Marshall & Oveta Culp Hobby](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-oveta-culp-hobby/) - Oveta Culp Hobby learned about service to community and government from her family. She watched her mother collect food and clothing for the poor and was often sent to deliver baskets of goods to neighbors. From her father she acquired a love of the law and the workings of government. As a child she would
- [Marshall and Richard Wing](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-richard-wing/) - May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. During the month many institutions pay tribute to the generations of Asians and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history. One such American was Richard C. Wing. Wing was a sergeant in the United States Army and became General George C. Marshall’s cook and orderly at Fort Myer, Virginia
- [Marshall and Secretary's Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-and-secretarys-day/) - Administrative Professionals’ Day, also known as Secretary’s Day, will be celebrated on April 22nd this year. It’s observed to recognize the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, receptionist and other administrative support professionals. Shortly before the first celebration of this non-official holiday in 1952, Mildred K. Carlson was George C. Marshall's secretary. She served as his
- [Marshall Plan in Pictures](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-plan-in-pictures/) - President Truman signed the Economic Assistance Act on April 3, 1948 to help the nations of Europe recover after the devastation of World War II. A quick Google search for “Marshall Plan” will result in the facts and figures relating to the legislation surrounding the European Recovery Program. Mentioned frequently are the Marshall Plan speech
- [Marshall and Tuskegee](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-tuskegee/) - The death of two members of the Tuskegee Airmen in mid-January reminded the country of the significant contribution that African Americans made to World War II. As chief of staff of the United States Army, George C. Marshall was directly involved in the establishment of the military program for aviation at the Tuskegee Institute. Correspondence between
- [Marshall and the Benning Revolution](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-benning-revolution/) - In a February 2014 Congressional Research Service Report, Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress, noted that Army endstrength would go from 570,000 in 2010 to 490,000 by the end of 2017. The drawdown of American forces has been a cyclical part of the nation’s military experience and “the Army has historically focused
- [Marshall and the Troops](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-troops/) - "It is impossible for the Nation to compensate for the services of a fighting man. There is no pay scale that is high enough to buy the services of a single soldier during even a few minutes of the agony of combat, the physical miseries of the campaign, or of the extreme personal inconvenience of
- [Marshall, PURPLE and Pearl Harbor](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-purple-pearl-harbor/) - As early as 1934 Army Signal Corps cryptanalysts were deciphering certain Japanese diplomatic codes—a process which was given the code name MAGIC. These diplomatic codes were transmitted on a machine, known to U.S. cryptographers as PURPLE. The PURPLE machine consisted of two electronic typewriters separated by a plugboard and a box that contained the encryption
- [Marshall and Veterans Day Remembered](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/veterans-day-remembered/) - November 11, Veterans Day, was originally called Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I, the “War to End All Wars” 100 years ago. Armistice Day underwent a name change in 1954 to Veterans Day to include our veterans of all wars. It is fitting to pay tribute to all who have served
- [Marshall Plan and the Poster Contest](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-plan-poster-contest/) - In the fall of 1950, the Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living Poster Contest was held throughout Europe whereby artists were encouraged to submit posters that represented the theme of cooperation and economic recovery. Over 10,000 pieces were submitted from various countries. A panel of twelve graphic artists, each representing a different Marshall
- [Marshall and Family History](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and-features/marshall-family-history/) - In 2001, Senator Orrin Hatch (Utah) introduced a resolution to Congress that designated October as Family History Month. He stated "by searching for our roots, we come closer together as a human family." The Foundation holds quite a few collections that relate to the Marshall family and its history. A few are highlighted below: Stuart B. Marshall

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## Events

- [Earning Their Wings](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/earning-their-wings/) - Join us Tuesday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Dr. Sarah Parry Myers about her book Earning Their Wings: The WASPS of World War II and the Fight for Veteran Recognition. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. Honoring Women Pilots of WWII From the publisher: Established by the
- [World War Zoos](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/world-war-zoos/) - Join us Thursday, April 16 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Dr. John M. Kinder about his book World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. The Nonhuman Cost of Conflict As Europe plunged into World War
- [Matisse At War](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/matisse-at-war/) - Join us Tuesday, May 19 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Christopher C. Gorham about his book Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. The Nonhuman Cost of Conflict In 1940, as Nazi forces shattered France, Henri Matisse faced a profound
- [In Strange Company](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/in-strange-company-2/) - Leadership Lessons from an Iraq War Veteran Co-sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1499 and ConnectionsPlus, Col. Tiso will discuss his experiences in the Iraq war as seen through his memoir, In Strange Company. The lecture will explore the planning of the war, the multinational participation in the conflict and the importance of
- [2025 Andrew J. Goodpaster Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/2025-andrew-j-goodpaster-award/) - The presentation of the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award by the George C. Marshall Foundation honoring General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (USAF, Ret.) 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Tuesday, November 4, 2025 General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. served as the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
- [The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Fought Wartime Corruption](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-watchdog-how-the-truman-committee-fought-wartime-corruption/) - Join us Thursday, May 22 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Steve Drummond. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. The Fight That Launched a President Before he was president, Harry Truman was a freshman senator from Missouri facing a country on the brink of war—and a government ripe for corruption.
- [MacArthur, Wainwright and the Philippines](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/macarthur-wainwright-and-the-philippines/) - The Fate of the Generals At the outset of World War II, American forces in the Philippines fought a desperate, doomed campaign. From that crucible emerged two generals who received the Medal of Honor—but on very different paths. Douglas MacArthur, ordered to evacuate, carried his vow to return across the Pacific, ultimately leading a sweeping
- [After Nuremberg](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/after-nuremberg/) - Join us Thursday, October 16 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Dr. Robert Hutchinson. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. https://youtube.com/live/xExKlqOhUnY American Clemency for Nazi War Criminals The Nuremberg trials of 1946–1949 sought to deliver justice for Nazi crimes of plunder, enslavement, and mass murder. Yet within a decade,
- [A Search for Strategy](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/a-search-for-strategy/) - Join us Thursday, November 13 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Gen. John F. Shortal. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. British-American Military Collaboration in 1942 The “special relationship” between Britain and the United States is often portrayed as a seamless partnership during World War II. Yet in A Search
- [Cold War Country](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/cold-war-country/) - Nashville's Role in Cold War Patriotism Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American military life, but there’s more to the genre’s patriotic reputation than flag-waving artists and songs like Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” This insightful presentation from Joseph Thompson explores the historic connection between country music and the American military, discussing
- [Penpals: American and Soviet Women](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/dear-unknown-friend/) - Join us Thursday, November 7 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Dr. Alexis Peri at our building in Lexington, Virginia, and streaming live online. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture. Dear Unknown Friend: The Remarkable Correspondence Between American and Soviet Women Historian Alexis Peri reveals a unique perspective on the
- [Hoover, the Hollywood Blacklist, and Cold War Movies](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/hoover-the-hollywood-blacklist-and-cold-war-movies/) - Hoover's Hollywood Obsession Dr. Francis MacDonnell explores the starring role played by J. Edgar Hoover in the development of the Hollywood blacklist in the 1940s and 1950s. As director of the FBI, Hoover poured resources into scrutinizing show business, a policy choice unjustified by any corresponding threat to public security. He detailed agents to write
- [Mellon vs. Churchill](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/mellon-vs-churchill/) - The Fight Over Monstrous War Debts Andrew Mellon, one of the most accomplished businessmen of his era, is almost unknown today. To this shy, diffident (but brilliant) man fell the daunting task of collecting the war debts from European governments still devastated by World War I and struggling to recover economically. Dealing with the U.S.
- [In Strange Company](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/in-strange-company/) - Join us Wednesday, February 19 at 5:30 p.m. for a lecture by Colonel Roland Tiso, USA (Ret.). A book signing and reception will follow the presentation. Leadership Lessons from an Iraq War Veteran Co-sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1499 and ConnectionsPlus, Col. Tiso will discuss his experiences in the Iraq war as
- [Rosie and the General: A 40-Year Friendship](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/rosie-and-the-general-a-40-year-friendship/) - Join us Thursday, September 19 at 5:30 p.m. for a Legacy Lecture by Mame Warren at our building in Lexington, Virginia, and streaming live online. A reception will follow the lecture. A 40-Year Friendship General of the Army George C. Marshall had few very close friends to whom he confided his most personal thoughts and
- [On-Screen Summer @ The Marshall Foundation](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/on-screen-summer-the-marshall-foundation/) - Join us all summer long for a series of screenings of three classic films exploring the impact of World War II in Europe. This free continuing education class for adults will meet once a month for a brief lecture providing historical, theoretical and production contexts from content experts at the George C. Marshall Foundation, a
- [2024 Andrew J. Goodpaster Award](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/2024-andrew-j-goodpaster-award/) - The presentation of the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award by the George C. Marshall Foundation honoring General James C. McConville, USA Ret. 40th Chief of Staff of the United States Army Friday, November 1, 2024 General James C. McConville was the 40th Chief of Staff of the United
- [Marshall Foundation Open House: Patton Day](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/marshall-foundation-open-house-patton-day/) - Help us celebrate the 60th anniversary of the dedication of our building in Lexington, Virginia, on Saturday, May 18, at 1:30 p.m. Patton Day This year, we are highlighting the professional and personal relationship between Gen. George C. Marshall and Gen. George S. Patton with a Legacy Lecture by Patton biographer J. Furman Daniel and
- [How Marshall Mobilized GI Journalists to Help Win WWII](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-war-of-words-how-marshall-mobilized-gi-journalists-to-help-win-wwii/) - In 1942, George Marshall revived unit-based newspapers with field kits full of printing gear, countering Nazi propaganda and keeping soldiers informed.
- [Marshall and Intelligence in War and Peace](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/marshall-and-intelligence-in-war-and-peace/) - Join us for a lecture by Dr. David Robarge at the GCMF building in Lexington, Virginia, on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture. The Soldier-Statesman in the Secret World George C. Marshall, the Army’s Chief of Staff during 1939-45 and Secretary of State and Defense during 1947-49
- [The Yoo-Hoo Incident: The Army's First PR Scandal of WWII](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-yoo-hoo-incident/) - In the summer of 1941, a small unit of American soldiers was punished by their commanding general for catcalling a group of women wearing shorts on a public street. The ensuing public debate revealed different expectations of how the American people believed their Army should treat citizen soldiers in peacetime.
- [Community Open House](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/community-open-house-23/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation will host its annual community open house in honor of the 59th anniversary of the dedication of their building in Lexington, Virginia, on Sunday, May 7, at 1:30 p.m. at its building on VMI post. Activities include tours of the library and archives, artifact show-and-tell, games, door prizes, and refreshments.
- [Feathered Messengers: Homing Pigeons of the American Expeditionary Forces](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/feathered-messengers-homing-pigeons-of-the-american-expeditionary-force/) - Join us for a lecture by Dr. Frank Blazich at the GCMF building in Lexington, Virginia, on Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture. The event is free to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve a seat, or for more information about the event, contact events@marshallfoundation.org or
- [The Confidante: The Untold Story of Anna Rosenberg](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-confidante-the-untold-story-of-anna-rosenberg/) - Join us for a lecture by Chris Gorham, author of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America, at the GCMF building in Lexington, Virginia, on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. The event is free to
- [The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-girls-who-stepped-out-of-line/) - Join us for a lecture by Major General Mari K. Eder, author of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II, at the GCMF building in Lexington, Virginia, on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow
- [X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/x-troop-the-secret-jewish-commandos-of-world-war-ii/) - Join us for a Virtual Legacy Lecture by Leah Garrett, author of X-Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II, premiering at 5:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 23, 2022, on the Marshall Foundation website and YouTube page. Simply click on the link and then enjoy the live lecture. Audience members will have the
- [Devising D-Day: Marshall and OVERLORD](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/devising-d-day-marshall-and-overlord/) - Delve into the divisive controversy surrounding George C. Marshall's push for invading northern France and the subsequent denial of his command in Operation OVERLORD, and the reasons behind these decisions.
- [An Afternoon with "Oppenheimer" Actor Will Roberts](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/an-afternoon-with-oppenheimer-actor-will-roberts/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation is excited to host actor Will Roberts, who portrayed Gen. Marshall in the acclaimed film Oppenheimer, for a free screening of the film with an introduction and Q&A from Mr. Roberts on Saturday, February 17, at 12:30 p.m. at the Virginia Military Institute's Gillis Theater. Attendees will have the opportunity
- [Half American: How African Americans Fought WWII At Home and Abroad](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/half-american-how-african-americans-fought-wwii-at-home-and-abroad/) - Join us for a Virtual Legacy Lecture by Matthew Delmont, author of Half American: The Epic Story Of African Americans Fighting World War II At Home And Abroad, premiering at 5:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 25. Simply click on the link and then enjoy the live lecture. Audience members will have the opportunity
- [The American Soldier in World War II](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-american-soldier-in-world-war-ii/) - The American Soldier in World War II The day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army administered the first “attitude survey” to members of the Ninth Infantry Division, then stationed at Fort Bragg. Soldiers were asked 118 questions about myriad facets of their military service and prior civilian experience. Over the course of the
- [Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Winners of World War II](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/immortal-valor-the-black-medal-of-honor-winners-of-world-war-ii/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation is excited to co-sponsor a lecture at Virginia Military Institute by guest speaker Robert Child, Emmy nominated writer and director, and author of the book, “Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Winners of World War II,” for Monday, Feb. 19, at 7:45 p.m. in Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall.
- [Christmas Truce by the Men Who Took Part](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/christmas-truce/) - Join us for a Virtual Legacy Lecture by Mike Hill, author of Christmas Truce by the Men Who Took Part: Letters from the 1914 Ceasefire on the Western Front, premiering at 4:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, on the Marshall Foundation website and YouTube page. A link to the pre-recorded Virtual Legacy Lecture will be
- [Music in the Atomic Age: A Conversation with Frank Settle](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/music-in-the-atomic-age-a-conversation-with-frank-settle/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation will host retired Washington & Lee professor Frank Settle for a discussion of the atomic program’s impact on popular music at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 9, at their building on VMI post. Melissa Davis, Director of Library and Archives, says that “‘Conversations With …’ is new, additional programming from
- [Code Name Arcadia: The First Wartime Conference of Churchill and Roosevelt](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/code-name-arcadia-the-first-wartime-conference-of-churchill-and-roosevelt/) - Join us September 22 for a lecture by General John F. Shortal on his book Code Name Arcadia: The First Wartime Conference of Churchill and Roosevelt. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. The First Washington Conference, codenamed Arcadia, was the first meeting between the U.S. and the U.K. to determine military strategy.
- [2022 George C. Marshall Foundation Awards](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/2022-george-c-marshall-foundation-awards/) - The presentation of the George C. Marshall Foundation Awards on Thursday, November 17, 2022 to honor Condoleezza Rice 66th U.S. Secretary of State and Kenneth Griffin Founder and CEO of Citadel The George C. Marshall Foundation will recognize two distinguished Americans and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan on November 17, 2022, at
- [Uniting America: How FDR and Henry Stimson Brought Democrats and Republicans Together to Win World War II](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/uniting-america-how-fdr-and-henry-stimson-brought-democrats-and-republicans-together-to-win-world-war-ii/) - Join us for a lecture by Peter Shinkle, author of Uniting America: How FDR and Henry Stimson Brought Democrats and Republicans Together to Win World War II, at the GCMF building in Lexington, Virginia, on Thursday, November 10 at 5:30 p.m. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Peter Shinkle worked for 19
- [The Doolittle Raid and Justice for Axis War Crimes](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-doolittle-raid-and-justice-for-war-crimes/) - Michel Paradis is a leading human rights lawyer and national security law scholar. He has won high-profile cases around the globe, including some of the landmark cases to arise out of Guantanamo Bay for the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commission Defense Organization. He teaches courses on national security law, international law, the constitution, and
- [Team America: Patton, Macarthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/team-america-patton-macarthur-marshall-eisenhower-and-the-world-they-forged/) - Join us October 20 for a lecture by Robert O'Connell on his new book "Team America: Patton, Macarthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged." A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. By the first half of the twentieth century, technology had transformed warfare into a series of intense bloodbaths in which the
- [Dedication Day Open House](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/dedication-day-open-house/) - The George C. Marshall Foundation will host an Open House in honor of the 58th anniversary of the dedication of the Marshall Foundation building on Sunday, May 22, from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. at its building on the VMI Post. Activities will include conversations with historians, tours of the Marshall archives, library, and William and
- [George C. Marshall and the Birth of Modern American Battle:  The St. Mihiel Offensive, 1918](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/george-c-marshall-and-the-birth-of-modern-american-battle-the-st-mihiel-offensive-1918/) - Dr. Mark E. Grotelueschen teaches strategic studies and serves as the Deputy Head for Academics in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies at the USAF Academy . A 27 year veteran of the Air Force, he holds degrees from the United States Air Force Academy, the University of Calgary, and Texas A&M University. He
- ["Against All Odds: A true story of ultimate courage and sacrifice in WWII" with Alex Kershaw](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/against-all-odds-a-true-story-of-ultimate-courage-and-sacrifice-in-wwii-with-alex-kershaw/) - Alex Kershaw is the widely-acclaimed, prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author of eleven books, including The Longest Winter, The Bedford Boys, The First Wave and The Liberator. He has been a journalist for over thirty years. He is a board director of the Friends of The National WWII Memorial and chairs the Colby Award selection committee. His 2012
- [“An Army on Alert”: Enlisted Soldiers Join the Cold War Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-1955](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/an-army-on-alert-enlisted-soldiers-join-the-cold-war-army-in-occupied-germany-1945-1955/) - Ashley Vance is a PhD Candidate at Texas A&M University and is currently completing her dissertation, “Cold War Soldiering: The U.S. Army in Germany, 1945-1958.” Her research focuses on the U.S. Army’s peacetime transformation from a combat mission during World War II to the armed peacetime occupation of the early Cold War. She also serves
- ["The Pennsylvanian: George C. Marshall and the Virginia Military Institute" | Lecture | Col. Bradley L. Coleman](https://www.marshallfoundation.org/events/the-pennsylvanian-george-c-marshall-and-the-virginia-military-institute-with-col-bradley-l-coleman/)

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